Josh On Narro

"Blockchain solutionism". A guest lecture by Molly White at the University of Texas at Austin on September 21, 2022. This lecture was for a course in the School of Design and Creative Technologies called "Anti-Solutionism". There is a Q&A portion at the end—to protect the privacy of students only my own audio is included, and I've replaced the question audio with a text summary of the question. 00:00 Intro 00:52 Overview of concepts 10:35 Pros and cons of blockchains 16:43 Claimed use cases 17:32 More believable use cases 20:01 Solutions looking for problems 22:52 The XY problem 33:35 Q&A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0k_GjxuJDM