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Above in the World | Interview & Event Clips

Copper, Energy & The Lost Practices
Matt shares how copper, once used throughout history, energizes water and health.
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Real-Time Solutions & Electroculture
Matt discusses how we can break free from old systems—like chemical agriculture—by embracing electroculture.
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Reviving the Past with Archive.org and the Wayback Machine
Matt from Cultivate Elevate highlights Archive.org as one of his favorite tech which is an open-source goldmine of old books, PDFs, and even forgotten…
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Escaping Big Tech
Leaving big tech’s ecosystem will take some adjustment but our freedom is worth fighting for.
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Can Nature Push Back Against AI Infrastructure?
On the Union of the Unwanted, we discussed whether natural constraints, resource limits, and environmental realities could become the weak point in the…
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A Wake-Up Call for Everyone
The data center issue can be overwhelming because it’s threatening so much but the fact that it’s bringing communities together, political labels aside…
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The Above Substack Is Back
Did you know that Above—the company behind privacy‑first products such as the Above Phone and Above Book—is a sister organization of Take Back Our Tech…
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Data Centers or High-Speed Rail?
In 2025, $2.5 trillion went into AI data centers, enough to fund national infrastructure projects.
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What Happens When Communication Leaves Telecom Behind?
I talked with Jimmy Dore about a future where communication is more private, more flexible, and less dependent on telecom giants.
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Is There a Real Alternative to Big Tech?
On the Union of the Unwanted, we debated whether regional mesh networks, privacy-first phones like Above Phone, and decentralized tools could offer a…
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AI Expansion
Is the AI infrastructure boom about surveillance or they building for something they haven’t even told us about?
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Who Really Profits from Data Centers?
With my friend Charlie at Macroaggressions, we talked about the truth: promised jobs rarely come, but politicians and companies get huge incentives.
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