IM 859: What's Behind the Fox?

Fresh Intelligent Machines is now live:

In this conversation:

:houses: Jeff Atwood’s pivot from tech founder to rural philanthropist — tackling poverty where it matters most

:money_bag: How a $50M guaranteed income experiment is generating real data in three Appalachian counties

:bar_chart: Why means-tested payments beat universal basic income (and what the numbers actually show)

:handshake: Breaking stereotypes about how rural families spend money when they actually have breathing room

:seedling: A family-centered approach to philanthropy that reconnects Atwood with his roots

I’d love your take after you listen.

#IntelligentMachines #AI #TWiT

Kind of a wild but great guest! Keep IM weird! Why did you cut him off?! Keep him rolling!! I usually skip over the guest but this guy was wildly interesting!

I understand it’s part of the bit now but Leo please stop trying to ‘grim up’ this show. I actually prefer this show over others because it’s silly and fun. The jingles are fun, the jokes, the accents, I love the humous tech podcast this has become in the twig and I’m transition era, please stop trying to change that.

OK no more grimming up! (Although I’m not sure what that means!)

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Perhaps poor choice of wording on my side, and admittedly things have improved on this front. There was certainly a period where it felt as if twit was trying to pull the fun out of this show. the chemistry of you three is amazing and often pretty funny. I listen often!