Podcast 721 – An Eye Towards AI – Part 3

Paul sits down with Stephen Brooks of Ecoversity to discuss permaculture communities and how to create them. Pretty good choice of person to talk to, considering he’s made 3 of them in Costa Rica with over 200 families taking part in them, on top of about 150 kids in the school. Support the podcast on […]

Paul and co. (Samantha, Mike Haasl, Andres, and Julia Winter) continue their rundown of some select cards from the new Purple Permaculture Playing Cards deck, such as Paul’s in development automatic backyard food pump, hay box cookers, Ferd and Gert, and the solar food dehydrator with rocket assist. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]

Paul sits down with a raft of people (Samantha, Mike Haasl, Andres, and Julia Winter) to discuss a few select cards of the new Purple Permaculture Playing Cards, with the first 4 being variations of Rocket Mass Heaters, namely cooktops, the Lorena, kilns, and water heaters. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]

Paul continues the discussion about AI and education with Alan, Alexandra and Samantha as it moves onto SKIP, PEP, more direct forms of knowledge sharing like Alexandra’s RMH courses, SKIP going worldwide, and how preppers can benefit from hoarding knowledge and skills instead of just more guns. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

The discussion between Paul, Alan Booker, Mike Haasl, and Alexandra Malecki about Artificial Intelligence continues into the domain of trade schools and their viability with the potential of AI workers encroaching onto the field, assuming the whole hallucination issue can be sorted. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion […]

Paul calls up Alan Booker, Mike Haasl, and Alexandra Malecki to talk about the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence and college, their effects on the youth of today, and possible ways through for them a rapidly changing world. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast […]

Paul calls up Uncle Mud to pointedly not discuss rocket heaters, but instead talk about more traditional wood burners, the drawbacks of low-and-slow burning overnight, airflow and intakes, thermal mass, and the Scandinavian origins of non-rocket mass heaters. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on […]

Paul and Samantha continue discussing bootcamp, going over how he’s changed it since going to Portland, and how it compares to the WWoOF programme. Paul believes that bootcamp would be a good fit for many people that didn’t quite get along with WWoOf but liked the idea. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

Paul and Samantha sit down to discuss Paul’s visit to a bunch of potlucks in Portland, and how the local over-abundance of pears on the ground comes back to bootcamp and how it tries to not only grow food, but turn people into gardeners. And how it doesn’t charge rent so you’re actually free to […]

Brock’s consultation continues with Paul further detailing hugelkultur use and use of paddocks to raise chickens while keeping them away from human food, and that Brock should focus on roughly a quarter acre of his land at a time and make it awesome before moving to the next. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]