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Podcast: Uncommon
Episode:

#064: Nostalgic for the future with Nic Hodges
Category: Business
Duration: 01:35:10
Publish Date: 2018-04-30 19:00:00
Description:

Nic Hodges ( @nichodges ) is the Founder of Blonde3 & Robot Deputy, and former Head of Innovation for media brands such as Foxtel, NewsCorp & MediaCom.

Noted for his tagline “nostalgic for the future”, Nic has also been dubbed a polymath by a few former guests, including the man who made our introduction, Steve Sammartino.

You’ll notice in multiple interviews my fascination with media and how it can be used for challenging the stories we believe as a society, with technology’s ability to rapidly expand that potential, and with psychology’s skill at reading our mental nature. I see Nic as being uniquely at the intersection of those points here in Australia, and a fascinating individual you should be keeping tabs on.

This was a pretty meaty episode covering media, technology, blockchains and more, including:

  • $10k pizza, bitcoin and blockchain

  • How he got started in media

  • Media mechanics

  • Rejection of comfort and social media

  • Social media: the next tobacco

  • The state and future of mass media

  • How blockchain relates to media

  • Incentives in digital interactions

  • The future of crypto and bitcoin

  • The one constant in media


Shownotes

  • 00:52 - Introduction
  • 03:37 - $10k pizza, bitcoin and blockchain
  • 08:10 - His background
  • 09:10 - How he got started in media
  • 12:42 - His interest in media and mechanics
  • 16:20 - Lessons learnt from parents
  • 17:43 - Brian Eno, Orbiting the Giant Hairball
  • 22:12 - Rejection of comfort and social media
  • 28:35 - Social media: the next tobacco
  • 33:11 - Regulation & liability of social media
  • 39:42 - Platforms he uses
  • 41:31 - The state and future of mass media
  • 48:10 - History of media
  • 52:48 - Blockchain and a 51% attack
  • 56:39 - How blockchain relates to media
  • 01:01:56 - Paid-for media content and distribution
  • 01:08:43 - Incentives in digital interactions
  • 01:10:45 - The future of crypto and bitcoin
  • 01:13:46 - His creative process
  • 01:16:09 - Leaders he respects/disapproves of
  • 01:21:06 - The one constant in media
  • 01:22:34 - Benjamin Franklin Biography
  • 01:25:26 - His daily routine and checklist
  • 01:27:59 - How he would spend $100 million in Media-tech
  • 01:29:13 - Best purchase under $200
  • 01:30:25 - Most influential book
  • 01:31:32 - What seems obvious to him but not to others
  • 01:33:15 - Where he would put a billboard

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