Citizens of Tech 003 – Racing Cricket Phone Turbines - a podcast by Packet Pushers Interactive, LLC

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Intro
Hello, fellow Citizens. This is Citizens of Tech show #3, recorded on the 12th of May, 2015. Hey, we’ve gotten some good feedback on the show, so now you can tweet @citizensoftech. That will be the best way to talk to us, because our inboxes are already kinda full. So let’s keep it on the Twitterz.
I am Ethan Banks, you can follow me @ecbanks. Joining me, wearing a mitre, and with an air of suffused dignity, Eric Sutphen ministers technology oracles to you and joins me on the microphone.
Request
We’re looking for good book recommendations. Anything you’ve got that you’d like to share with your fellow Citizens, let us know – tweet to @citizensoftech.
Setup
Citizens of Tech runs in 3 segments — present, past and future. We start off with newsy tech things we thought were interesting, take a look back and past tech we think was cool, then peer over the horizon to technology coming soon (ish).

Present
1. Exoprotein
https://www.exoprotein.com/why-crickets
“While the consumption of insects has gained renewed attention recently, it is in fact nothing new. As eclectic omnivores, it’s likely that humans have consumed insects, the most abundant terrestrial life form excluding bacteria, for an exceedingly long time. Today, 80% of the world still eats over 1,600 species of insects, from Jing Leed in Thailand to Escamoles in Mexico to Casu Marzu in Italy. Eating insects simply makes sense.”

* Insects are exceptionally nutritious.
* Insects have marginal environmental impact.
* We need a new source of protein, one that can sustain the world into the future.

2. The Mr. Money Moustache Blog
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com

* Think of this site as finance hacking.
* It’s not about “retirement” really. About financial independence. No assumption that you’ll stop working unless you want to. The point is that you could, not that you will.
* Major ideas.

* Stop spending. Save as much as possible.
* Your dollars are little soldiers that can work for you. Build a mighty army. Grow your “stash.”
* Budgets are dumb. They are freedom to spend, just up to a limit. That’s wrong thinking. Spending of any kind should be a careful, painful decision. Parting with your money means putting off your independence that much longer.
* Stop commuting. Live close to your job. Bike, not ride. “Clown car” trips. Cars are for intracity travel, not trips to the supermarket. If you own a car, should be the least costly, most fuel efficient, reasonable car. A car should not be a status symbol, as they are grossly inefficient energy expenditures in general.
* Frugal doesn’t mean cheap.
* DIY. Stop paying others to do what you could if you took the time to learn. Those skills payoff in the long run.



3. Study Reveals Wikimedia Foundation Is ‘Awash In Money’
http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/05/11/1229222/study-reveals-wikimedia-foundation-is-awash-in-money

* Wikipedia Costs about $2.5 Million to run per year
* $53 Million in Investments – they keep running annual fundraisers anyway…

4. The world’s most dangerous racing simulator
http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/consumer-electronics/gaming/cars-that-thinkgadgetsgaming-the-worlds-most-dangerous-driving-simulator
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