Futurist, technophile, and veteran Dave Johnson (known virtually by the monicker dis7ant) was one of the first people I asked for guidance when the coronavirus/recession/geopolitical craziness kicked into high gear in the spring of 2020. This August talk covers crypto currencies’ emergence in mainstream conversation, a process that was incomplete when we started these talks just 5 months prior. We also speculate about the next thousand years of human innovation and the implications of a multi-planetary future.