UFTV Podcast Begins! Episode 0.42 - Let's go!

For UFTV's first prototype foray into podcasting, we corralled Dylan Hirsch-Shell, an MIT-trained electrical engineer, neuroscience PhD, Silicon Valley startup veteran, political candidate, and long-time advocate for fundamental election reform. The conversation touches on voting theory, core American values, the Comfortzone Window, the experience of a first-time candidate for political office, lessons from the trenches at Tesla, and much more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to the UFTV Podcast!
00:34 Welcome Dylan!
01:15 Background in Voting Reform
02:34 Experience in Eugene
03:17 Dog Intermission
07:38 Why Voting Reform?
08:34 Core Values
10:28 The purpose of Democracy
12:50 The problem of "choose one" plurality and the founding directive
16:05 Wait... who signed the Constitution anyway? And the imperative of fear...
18:56 Galvanize!
20:00 The "D Word"… Fear vs. Opportunity!
21:12 CES Defends Approval re: 1p1v
24:35 Dylan formally drops ‘doge’ into the mix
25:34 The Candidate
31:22 Inside a campaign
33:13 “Salesperson” - product?
35:17 Who deserves “bother”?
36:52 Stepping outside the comfort zone
39:47 The feeling of inspiration
41:40 Ranked Choice
45:53 Next step?
49:29 The bona fides…
52:01 The Vestibular System
55:00 Startup life… the easy path?
56:39 Why Tesla…
1:03:27 Uh oh… DOGE?
1:05:52 Refactor or bugfix?
1:07:29 DMMFIX?
1:08:43 Lean on who?
1:10:25 “Decimation”
1:12:55 Live Long and Prosper...