Where should your Attention be in 2023?! Vance Crowe Podcast #ATCF

About this episode

A solo "As the Crow Flies" episode (Vance's recurring non-interview format) kicking off 2023 with a personal list of things worth paying attention to, rather than a guest conversation. He opens with an extended, genuinely enthusiastic take on the new OpenAI chatbot (ChatGPT), predicting it will disrupt high-end white-collar creative work more than manual labor — a rare moment of him engaging directly with a specific emerging technology rather than agriculture or media themes. He then pivots to Bitcoin, recommending listeners build a personal node (Raspberry Pi + SSD) as the deepest way to understand the technology, rather than just holding a wallet. The middle section is a round of podcast recommendations (Shaun Newman Podcast, Farming for Profit, The Jim Rutt Show) paired with a reflection on how the show's producer Ben Anderson has used guest relationships to build his own research collaborations — framed as a model listeners can copy by reaching out to guests who strike them. Vance shares personal-life updates (a second daughter, a dry-bean cooking recommendation from a Costa-Rica-based sister, the Articulate Ventures Network membership community) and moves into an extended gratitude segment thanking several community members and collaborators by name (artist Alex Dodge, producer Nate Seavert, popcorn entrepreneur Nicholas Bartlett, rancher Joseph Ring, "Egg Lady" Christina Hudson Kohler) for specific contributions to his life and the show. He closes discussing Nostr as a censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter/YouTube he's considering for future broadcasting, and gives an extended update on Legacy Interviews' new in-person concierge studio experience, including a new leather-bound transcript-book offering. The episode ends with a direct appeal for reviews and listener engagement.

“Instead of just getting an answer the way that Google gives you an answer... the virtual assistant that is this chat bot will actually give you a detailed answer... I have never seen anything like it.”

“Now, of course, one of the things that's happened because I've had daughters is I've noticed that there are older people that just delight in seeing my young daughter come up the hill and say hi to her...”

“One of the things I think is worth paying attention to is how you use podcasts in general... [Ben] believes the podcast is really not about having huge numbers, but instead finding the most important up-the-graph nodes.”

Key moments

• **[00:00:03–00:03:21]** ChatGPT introduction and prediction it will disrupt white-collar creative work more than manual labor.
• **[00:03:21–00:06:38]** Bitcoin node-building recommendation as the deepest path to understanding the technology.
• **[00:06:38–00:09:38]** Podcast recommendations: Shaun Newman Podcast, Farming for Profit, The Jim Rutt Show.
• **[00:09:38–00:11:37]** Reflection on producer Ben Anderson leveraging podcast guest relationships into independent research collaborations.
• **[00:22:49–00:24:24]** Nostr introduced as a censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter/YouTube.
• **[00:24:24–00:29:06]** Legacy Interviews studio upgrade update — concierge day-long sessions and new leather-bound transcript book offering.