Wild User Interviews Podcast (Wuipod)

Wide ranging conversation with Alex Sims, is an Associate Professor at the Business School at Auckland University , has a PhD in DAOs, and is part of the Executive council of Blockchain New Zealand.

Some of the topics we cover:

* Being an 'unconventional academic' - shifting entire area of research after 20 years. Journey from Copyright to Crypto.
* Insights into the Regulatory landscape.
* Requirements for innovation. Scope for competition between jurisdictions?
* Response to Reserve Bank of New Zealand enquiry into CBDC
* Importance of User Experience
* Introduce Alex to NEAR tech stack
* Everything DAOs - what is decentralisation? The human challenge. NEAR Digital Collective.
* And a lot more!

Resources

Alex's Profile - University of Auckland: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/a-sims
PhD on DAOs - Decentralised Autonomous Organisations: Governance, Dispute Resolution and Regulation) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3971228

Blockchain New Zealand - https://blockchain.org.nz
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) recently published an issues paper – The Future of Money: Private Innovation.
Recording Webinar 'The Future of Money' (Response to Reserve Bank of NZ issue paper) - https://blockchain.org.nz/event/webinar-the-future-of-money/

Parable of Blind Men and an Elephant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant

UK Law Commission on Digital Assets - https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/digital-assets/

Callaghan Innovation - New Zealand Innovation Agency https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz
Edmund Hillary Fellowship - https://www.ehf.org
Global Impact Visa (New Zealand) - https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/start-a-business-or-invest/i-want-to-invest-or-do-business-in-nz/the-global-impact-visa

E.O Wilson - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-O-Wilson

American Kingpin (Book) Story of Ross Ulbricht, founder of The Silk Road - https://www.amazon.com/American-Kingpin-Criminal-Mastermind-Behind/dp/1591848148

Follow on Socials

AVB - https://twitter.com/AlejandroVBeta1 
Alex Sims - https://twitter.com/alexsims101

What is Wild User Interviews Podcast (Wuipod)?

People, Product and Crypto.

Wild User Interviews is about open-sourcing open-ended conversations with the creative forces shaping up the decentralised world. In the wild, our guests range from Product Designers to Blockchain Architects, and include topics such as Philosophy and Proof-of-Stake. The common thread being our focus on the human side as he try to deconstruct the frameworks and processes to enable listeners to become the better version of themselves while venturing into the Metaverse.