Dave Jones is a driver behind the Podcasting 2.0 movement & a repeat guest on the Mere Mortals (1st appearance in Conversation #54).In Conversation #88, Dave and I discuss: why fragmented social media might be losing steam, some of his favourite philosophy books, combining the value for value model with music, what a lot of people get wrong about V4V and how I saved him from being nicknamed the Podbro.Hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world, Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro to Dave(0:38) - Bitcoin bible study(5:01) - Link between coding & creativity(10:14) - What is Freedom Controller?(15:16) - Social network in a box(17:33) - Peak social media & how I use it(24:13) - Technology dulls the memory of a moment(27:42) - The modern technological pace is relentless(30:29) - Introverts lose energy from social interactions(35:20) - Dave's obscure reading list(38:21) - The Technological Society(42:21) - The Question Concerning Technology(44:29) - Why is some philosophy so incomprehensible?(49:47) - The scientific method & tyranny of averages(56:18) - Rockets & music(1:00:15) - The Nintendo jump(1:02:50) - Why Podcasting 2.0 is pumped for music(1:09:56) - Not everything needs to scale(1:15:56) - Can V4V be replicated?(1:19:34) - Key components to the V4V model(1:27:06) - Value For Value Podcast Season 3(1:31:54) - Value tag in the feed vs with a shim(1:40:23) - Gaming the charts(1:44:15) - Coding is not for everyone(1:52:42) - Dave & I Will Meet In Europe!(1:55:42) - The Origin Story Of The Podsage(1:59:36) - Moments that can't be captured(2:02:58) - Last goodbyes & gratitudeConnect With Dave:Website: https://podcastindex.org/Mastodon: https://podcastindex.social/@daveConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show