More Fuss About Jon Padfield

Episode 32 May 12, 2026 00:48:51
More Fuss About Jon Padfield
The Rock Bottom Data Feed
More Fuss About Jon Padfield

May 12 2026 | 00:48:51

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Show Notes

John Ladley and Mark Cooper conclude their conversation with Jon Padfield. He's a an engineer turned State Representative, turned business professor, exploring how surveillance, data, AI, and corporate power are reshaping our world and what you can do about it. Check out and join the quarter-million subscribers to his YouTube channel, Business Reform. In this episode of the Rock Bottom Data Feed, Jon gives us more food for thought about what's ethically acceptable in a world of rapidly expanding data and AI. He also answers the "two questions" and plays our Famous Game Show.

As always, if you have a suggestion for an artifact to explore in Archedataology, a verse or two for the Data Poetry Slam, or question in 256-characters, write us.

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Chapters:

00:00 – Archedataology from the Future - Part 1; 04:51 – Monologue; 07:15 – Jon Padfield Part 2; 39:06 – Dispatches from Rock Bottom; 41:58 – Audio Data Rorschach Test; 45:53 – The 8-Bit Consultants; 47:09 – Recap & Close

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