29: Understanding The Metaverse, Facebook Rebrands To Meta + The Threat Of Inflation

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11/04/21 • 83 min

Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Intro + What Is The Metaverse? Facebook Becomes Meta
0:08:15 – Virtual Worlds + Mark Zuckerberg Presentation
0:12:57 – What Can Facebook Build?
0:18:46 – VR, Black Mirror + Big Tech Rebrands
0:24:30 – Hiring Talent, Culture-Based Products + Hardware
0:28:15 – NIA Going Showbiz
0:30:06 – Threat of Hyperinflation + Cathie Wood’s Deflation Argument
0:37:41 – Money Supply + Supply Chains
0:42:43 – Experiencing Inflation in Vietnam
0:46:49 – Behavioral Outcome + Social Support
0:53:39 – Flexport CEO On Supply Chain
1:00:38 – Jack Worked In A Honda Factory
1:09:43 – Wage Inflation
1:15:36 – Debt Cycles + Labor Market
1:21:09 – Fun Fact Phan: Why US Healthcare Is Tied To Employment

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Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

Watch + Subscribe on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/ZIK319OVAyM

Listen into our group chat on Telegram:

https://t.me/notinvestmentadvice

Let us know what you think on Twitter:

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Intro + What Is The Metaverse? Facebook Becomes Meta
0:08:15 – Virtual Worlds + Mark Zuckerberg Presentation
0:12:57 – What Can Facebook Build?
0:18:46 – VR, Black Mirror + Big Tech Rebrands
0:24:30 – Hiring Talent, Culture-Based Products + Hardware
0:28:15 – NIA Going Showbiz
0:30:06 – Threat of Hyperinflation + Cathie Wood’s Deflation Argument
0:37:41 – Money Supply + Supply Chains
0:42:43 – Experiencing Inflation in Vietnam
0:46:49 – Behavioral Outcome + Social Support
0:53:39 – Flexport CEO On Supply Chain
1:00:38 – Jack Worked In A Honda Factory
1:09:43 – Wage Inflation
1:15:36 – Debt Cycles + Labor Market
1:21:09 – Fun Fact Phan: Why US Healthcare Is Tied To Employment

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Previous Episode

28: Bitcoin All-Time High, BTC ETF, Apple vs Intel, FB Metaverse + Keeping Your NFTs Secure

Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Intro, Bitcoin ETF Approval + All-Time Highs
0:14:48 – SBF on Regulation, Facebook Metaverse + Apple’s New Privacy Rules
0:23:53 – Google’s Parent Company Alphabet
0:28:55 – Apple vs Intel + Taiwan Semiconductor Company
0:39:59 – Twitter, Square + Web 3.0
0:42:45 – Cash App Studios + Facebook’s Failed Payment Product
0:48:05 – Twitter NFT Verification
0:54:00 – NFT Hacks + How To Keep Your NFTs Secure
1:01:12 – Hardware Wallets, Hot Wallets + Metamask
1:12:12 – Trung’s Squid Game Tweet

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Next Episode

30: Next Trillion Dollar Company, Stripe vs Square vs Coinbase, NFT NYC, Rise of Formula 1 + Highest Paid Athletes

Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Intro + NFT NYC
0:13:56 – Microsoft Metaverse
0:18:42 – Office In The Metaverse
0:22:04 – Mayor Eric Adams, The Bitcoins + Trung's Tree Trick
0:29:09 – CEOs + Public Accountability
0:31:19 – Next $1Tril Company + Square vs Stripe vs Coinbase
0:43:54 – Brand vs Direct Response
0:50:25 – Square, Stripe, Coinbase Summary + Shopify-Spotify Partnership
0:54:27 – Fun Fact Phan: Formula 1 + Netflix Series
1:00:23 – Top 10 Highest Paid Athletes
1:02:44 – Space Race + F1 Culture

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