#117 - Digital Identity and Currency = Control

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Living in the digital age has brought us many improvements, but until recently some of our daily lives haven’t resided in a way digitally that is outside of our control completely. We want to talk about the good and the bad of currency, identity, ownership and so much more is affected by having it only live in a digital space. If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Oregon temporarily drops college degree requirement for substitute teachers to alleviate shortageJUST IN ? India foils Chinese incursion in Arunachal Pradesh, briefly detains China’s troops, claims Indian media News 18.Buried in the Infrastructure Bill - .08 cents per mile driving taxTwitch's source code and streamer payment figures have been leaked in apparent hackThings are happening so fast, and with such quantum leaps in NFT world, that I am struggling to get to grips with it, let alone all of the projects and  breakthroughs.. @FrancesHaugen : "I'm actually against the breaking up of Facebook...the problems here are about the design of algorithms...these systems are going to continue to exist and be dangerous even if broken up."Digital driver's license: Here's what you should knowHow the rich and powerful use secret offshore companies to hide vast amounts of wealth, leaked documents showIndian shop assistants finally win the right to sit down, after years of standing upBiden plan would give IRS more power to track $600 bank accounts: What you need to knowTIL:TIL about the Finnish "Day-fine" system; most infractions are fined based on what you could spend in a day based on your income. The more severe the infraction the more "day-fines" you have to pay, which can cause millionaires to recieve speeding tickets of 100,000+$TIL the ancient Egyptians developed the first recorded early pregnancy test, whereby a woman would urinate on a bag of wheat or barley and, if the bag started sprouting, it indicated a pregnancy. In 1963, researchers measured the test as being 70% accurate.if the Andromeda galaxy were bright enough to be fully visible to the naked eye it would appear six times as wide as our moon?.every year, the Moon moves 3.82 cm away from EarthThe human egg is called an ovum. It is about 100 microns (or micrometers) in diameter. This is visible to the eye-about the size of a period at the end of this sentence.Shower Thoughts:Dryer lint is the average color of your clothesWhen an orphan takes a selfie, it’s actually a family photo.Your fingers grow in proportion to your nostrils, so that you can pick them throughout your life.there were probably vegetarians/vegans in the matrix who refused to eat meat for ethical reasons when in reality their efforts were for nothing because the animals weren't even real...The real reward of cigarettes is removing yourself from a given situation.We will eventually have to recycle/reuse cemeteries.Driving safely and NOT speeding actually makes you feel like a rebel among the majority of drivers