John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
John’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john
John’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
John’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY

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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Introduction to The Power of Mythology
00:03:25 Logos vs. Mythos
00:05:16 The Metaphor
00:06:42 Metaphor, Insight Realization, and Humor
00:09:46 Metaphor and Cross-Domain Insight “Explosion”
00:10:53 Metaphor’s Connection to Procedural Knowledge
00:13:00 “Understanding, Grasping, Getting, and Seeing”
00:14:44 Relevance Realization: “Game Theory All The Way Down”
00:16:14 The Symbol
00:17:26 “How to Hold Justice In Mind”
00:18:32 The Cerebellum: Justice, Voluntary Movement, and Balance
00:19:56 Perspectival Knowing: Holding “Justice is Blind” in Mind
00:21:50 “You Don’t Just Know About Balance, You Enact It”
00:23:24 Proprioception: To Be “In Touch” With Something
00:24:19 How Things Shape the Mind: Material Engagement Theory
00:27:12 The Imaginal
00:29:50 “Trying on a Worldview”: Imaginal Augmentation of Reality
00:32:36 Virtue and the Construction of Sacred Canopies
00:33:52 NYDIG
00:35:02 Virtue is the Beauty of Wisdom
00:36:22 Supernatural Selection: The Human Capacity for “Religio”
00:37:57 “Narrative Turns You Into a Temporally-Extended Agent”
00:38:39 Personal Identity is Apriori and Allows for Aspiration
00:40:28 “Why A Dog Can Never Tell You About Its Parents…”
00:42:44 Mythos: A Psychotechnology for Perennial and Pertinent Patterns
00:44:08 Mythos in Action: Predator Emulating Prey
00:46:26 “A Dream is a Private Myth; A Myth is a Public Dream”
00:48:32 Alchemy Was the Dream from which Science Was Born
00:50:27 The Interdependence of The Mythos and The Logos
00:51:47 Metabolic Work and Reversal Theory; Goals and Activities
00:55:06 Play vs. Candy
00:57:06 “Play Relates to The Eternal; Work Relates to The Immortal”

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Michael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylor
Michael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/en
Michael's website: https://www.hope.com/

CHANNEL
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 The Relative Energy and Technology Intensity of Bitcoin Mining
00:03:58 Encrypted Energy is Used to Secure the Network
00:06:24 Bitcoin Mining Evolves from Energy to Technology Intensity
00:09:25 Bitcoin Miners Face Continuous Darwinian Pressures
00:12:05 Approaching Bitcoin Mining Peak Energy Consumption?
00:14:06 Adam Smithian and Darwinian Aspects are Critical Advantages
00:17:48 An Open, Competitive Market is an Honest Market
00:19:57 Bitcoin Mining Profitability: A Function of Hash to Hodl Rates
00:23:12 The World is in a “Digital Gold Rush” Until 2035
00:26:48 The Evolution of Bitcoin Mining Business Models
00:28:41 Misunderstanding the Economics of Bitcoin Mining
00:30:06 Proof of Work is Synchronization with Political and Physical Reality
00:33:11 The Layered Scaling of Bitcoin
00:37:59 NYDIG
00:39:07 The Lightning Network as a Logical Scaling Layer
00:42:28 Layer 2 Protocols Tradeoff to Gain Performance or Functionality
00:45:19 Centralization and Decentralization at Layer 2
00:47:27 Higher Layer Applications and Regulatory Compliance
00:50:34 The Range of Bitcoin Financial Applications
00:54:36 Bitcoin Technical Applications: Mobile Money and Finance
01:00:17 Robert's Outro

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Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
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Max’s Website: https://towardsliberty.com/btcpay/apps/wxB4qDBjfaZNqn9vSidLnn4dGbV/pos

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Police and the Proportionality of Crime
00:04:05 Blurring the Individual into Group Identity
00:07:40 An Unshakable Epistemic Foundation
00:10:58 Are Children the Property of their Parents?
00:13:44 The Legality of Abortion
00:16:40 The Rights of Children and Parents
00:23:05 A Free Market for, Children!?
00:28:12 Libertarian Children are Free to Run Away
00:35:43 Implementing Libertarian Philosophy
00:39:54 The Free Market Make Families Freer
00:44:13 The Legal System: A Measure of Last Resort
00:47:56 Blackmail
00:53:46 Intellectual Property is a Scam
00:56:08 You Don’t Own Your Reputation
00:59:58 Libel is Discriminatory Against the Poor
01:04:26 NYDIG
01:05:34 Bribery: An Asymmetry of Legitimacy
01:11:13 “You Have the Right to Slap Bureaucrats”
01:17:04 The Evil of Legal Monopolies
01:18:33 Boycotts
01:25:51 “What About the Roads!?”
01:31:39 Property is the Basis of Civilization

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IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
John’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john
John’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
John’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY

PODCAST
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:25 Distributed Cognition Can Be Self-Deceptive
00:05:18 Collapse of the Bronze Age and The Logic of Violence
00:09:44 Economics of Violence: Knighthood and Gunpowder
00:14:26 Insight Machinery: Finding vs. Solving Problems
00:16:31 Distributed Cognition: An Adaptive Response of Ancient Man
00:19:21 General Systems Collapse
00:25:53 Voluntary Exchange and Habermas’s Discourse Ethics
00:31:21 Reconciling Science and Religion?
00:35:33 The Purposes of Religion?
00:39:42 Sacred Canopies: Religion and Money?
00:43:37 Assimilating and Accommodating with Religion
00:45:01 Religion as Distributed Cognition’s Salience Landscaping
00:48:57 Bitcoin as the Lapis Philosophorum
00:53:24 “Symbolic Machinery of Identification Changes Behavior”
00:57:50 “Now We are Becoming Friends”
01:01:52 Theory, Morality, and Virtue Epistemology
01:03:36 Personal Transformations through Bitcoin
01:07:55 “Software Updates” to Distributed Cognition
01:11:37 The Self-Disruption of Social Institutions?
01:12:43 The Old Virtue of Being Understanding

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RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg
IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Michael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylor
Michael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/en
Michael's website: https://www.hope.com/

CHANNEL
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:25 The Fourth Layer: Financial
00:04:16 Bitcoin Mining’s Capital Intensity Recruits Large Investors
00:08:04 The Fifth Layer: The Mining Network
00:10:01 Bitcoin Miners as an Early Warning System
00:11:35 Bitcoin Miners as “Motors of Sovereignty”
00:12:55 The First Five Layers: Inertia, Antifragility, and Capital Attraction
00:15:00 “Bitcoin is a Swarm Creature”
00:16:43 Proof of Work as a Thermodynamic Bridge Between Worlds
00:18:54 The Sixth Layer: Spatial
00:20:38 Proof of Work as a Self-Distributing Security Model
00:21:28 Proof of Work Self-Decentralizes Away from Attack Vectors
00:23:26 The Seventh Layer: Temporal
00:24:59 Bitcoin’s Spacetime Parameters: “You Only Get to Play God Once”
00:26:29 What Happens if you Change Gravity?
00:29:29 “Bitcoin is Like the Granite Underlying Manhattan”
00:31:06 The Universal Consequences of Spacetime Constants
00:33:17 “A Shockwave is When You Attack the Air Faster than it Moves”
00:35:05 “Foolish to Risk the Immortality of Bitcoin for Bigger Blocks”
00:36:40 Proof of Stake: A Closed, Controlled, Non-Darwinian System
00:39:50 There Are No Successful Proof of Stake Networks
00:42:11 Central Banks as Proof of Stake Networks
00:44:52 Bitcoin is Both Digital Money and Digital Property
00:45:42 Robert's Outro

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RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinco...
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0j
IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Max’s twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax
Max’s Website: https://towardsliberty.com/btcpay/apps/wxB4qDBjfaZNqn9vSidLnn4dGbV/pos

PODCAST
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:25 Proportionality of Crime and Punishment
00:06:54 A Monopoly on Punishment is Inherently Evil
00:08:44 The Individual is Responsible for Punishment
00:12:06 Relations Between Victims, Perpetrators, and The State
00:14:48 Criminal Rehabilitation and Reintegration
00:18:08 Bureaucracy Distorts Prices and Property Rights
00:20:25 The State is Incentivized to Criminalize Victimless Acts
00:22:51 The Emergence of Voluntary Imprisonment?
00:26:20 Promises to Perform vs. Transfers of Property
00:30:12 The Impossibility of Slave Labor Contracts
00:33:36 Conscription is Slavery; Military Desertion is Just

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WRITTEN WORK
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RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg
IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
John’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john
John’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
John’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:25 Relating Psychotechnologies and Social Institutions
00:06:44 Social Institutions as Algorithms of Distributed Cognition
00:11:13 Analogizing the Industrial and Digital Ages
00:15:15 Reconfiguring Procedural Intelligence
00:18:01 Bureaucratic Rules are Designed to Replace Judgement
00:22:38 “Judges as the Philosophers of the Legal System”
00:25:37 Spirit Revivifies the Letter; Letter Concretizes the Spirit
00:26:15 “Wrestling with the Ontology of Property”
00:32:23 Central Banking as an Institution of Standardization
00:36:01 Bitcoin is the Incorruptible Standardization of Money
00:38:56 Money and Mead’s Generalized Other
00:41:47 Keynesian Economics is a Pseudo-Science
00:43:42 “A Needed Revision to the Anthropology of Economics”
00:48:55 “Science is Corruptible Too…”

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WRITTEN WORK
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The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg
IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Michael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylor
Michael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/en
Michael's website: https://www.hope.com/

CHANNEL
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8...
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 The Seven Layers of Proof-of-Work Security
00:04:56 The Beauty of Proof-of-Work
00:05:27 The First Layer: Energy
00:09:58 Bitcoin Mining Impact on Global Energy Producers
00:14:22 A Future Convergence of Bitcoin Miners and Banks?
00:17:44 Bitcoin Recruits Energy Capital for Self-Defense
00:19:27 The Second Layer: Technology
00:20:40 Bitcoin Recruits Semiconductor Capital for Self-Defense
00:22:20 Rotating from Energy to Technology Intensive Security
00:27:45 Patterns of New Bitcoin Miner Deployment
00:28:50 Miner Hardware Cycles and Bitcoin Hash Rate
00:31:30 Game Theory of Entering the Bitcoin Mining Network
00:33:58 The Third Layer: Political
00:35:12 The Political Game Theory of Bitcoin Mining
00:37:08 Bitcoin Mining as a Political Lobbying Network
00:39:12 “100 Megawatts is Worth $300M per Year”
00:40:10 A Self-Distributing, Dynamic Mining Network
00:43:02 “The Market Generally Outsmarts the Smartest Person”
00:43:57 An Energetic, Technological, and Political Shock-Absorber
00:47:57 Robert’s Outro

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Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 The Objectivity of Moral Principles?
00:06:19 Justice is Born of Reason
00:11:41 Utility of the Division of Labor
00:16:25 Division of Labor: Enabling Higher Moral Aims
00:20:15 Productivity is the Pursuit of Timelessness
00:22:01 Absolute and Comparative Advantages
00:24:32 The Antifragility of the Free Market
00:25:27 Entrepreneurship Elevates Meaningful Work
00:28:29 Discovering Moral Principles with Reason
00:35:09 Acquiring of Property Justly
00:41:21 Rivalrous vs. Non-rivalrous Goods
00:45:02 “Intellectual Property Rights” Restrict Reason
00:46:57 The Irrefutability of Individual Self-Ownership
00:50:02 Violating Property is a Net-Negative for Humanity
00:55:04 Stealing is the Path of Least Resistance
00:56:52 Honest Money Harmonizes Prices and Value
01:00:58 Acquisition and Expiration of Property
01:05:40 Conflict Arbitration on the Free Market
01:12:02 Ethics, Morals, and Proportionality of Retribution
01:14:33 The Contradiction of State “Enforcement” of Private Property

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John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 The Mind as a Map of the Universe
00:05:29 The Recurrent Patterns in Nature
00:06:58 “Agency All The Way Down”
00:11:28 Serving What’s True, Good, and Beautiful
00:12:19 Synchronicity: The Acausal Principle
00:16:44 The Flow State: An Optimization of Adaptivity
00:17:52 Circumambulation
00:23:18 A Causes B; B Values Precondition A
00:24:45 Emergence and Emanation: Matter and Principles
00:27:31 Possibility and Actuality are Co-Determining
00:29:46 Homemaking vs. House-Building
00:33:37 Material Engagement Theory
00:34:54 Software and Hardware: Multiple Realizability
00:37:05 Human and Tool Reciprocity; The Stroop Effect
00:41:17 Mimesis, Self-Reflection, and Mindfulness
00:42:57 Distributed Cognition and Captaining the Ship
00:43:33 Social Institutions: Psychotechnologies Externalized?
00:46:06 Price Signals and Mead’s “Generalized Other”
00:50:45 The Generalizability and Discrimination Tradeoff
00:53:02 Does the Corruption of Money Corrupt Humanity?
00:59:22 The Social Utility of Religion and Institutions
01:03:10 Money as the Base Layer Protocol for Human Action
01:05:47 Central Banking Twists Distributed Cognition
01:07:25 Hyperbolic Discounting, Time Preference, and Consumerism
01:09:36 Central Banking Causes Capital Destruction and Politicization
01:13:22 Psychotechnological Disruption of Social Institutions
01:15:16 Politics as the Ethics of Distributed Cognition
01:18:04 Politics as Imposable Opinion
01:21:37 Bitcoin Moves Markets Away from the Threat of Force
01:27:41 Bitcoin: The Incorruptible Game of Money
01:29:59 “Parable of the Winemaker”: A Corruption of Money and Morality
01:36:04 Exploring the Languages of Value and Cognition
01:38:13 “Words are the Coinage of Thought”
01:41:12 Industrial Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery
01:45:55 Corruption of Money and the Meaning Crisis
01:55:39 Humans are “Natural-Born Cyborgs”

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 Analog vs. Digital Monetary System
00:03:21 Dematerializing Accountants and Auditors
00:05:13 Dematerializing the Compliance Function
00:07:46 Dematerializing Information Technology
00:08:25 Dematerializing Human Resources
00:10:15 Dematerializing Security and Facilities
00:13:56 Bitcoin is Apex Property: Self-Security and Non-Locality
00:16:09 The Game Theory of Stealing Bitcoin
00:17:26 “Property that Encourages Peaceful Resolution”
00:19:07 Physical Property Invites Violence
00:22:13 The Game Theory of Bitcoin makes it Anti-Violence
00:22:56 Bitcoin Dematerializes Bank and Government Functions
00:24:36 Dematerializing Police and Military
00:25:48 Bitcoin as a Multinational Money Network
00:27:29 Settling Geopolitical Disputes Without War
00:29:11 The Economic Crystallization of Consensus on Property
00:32:33 Bitcoin as “The Spoils of Peace”
00:34:08 The Proof of Work Model
00:36:22 Bitcoin is a Microcosm of Capitalism
00:39:20 Bitcoin as a First-Order Negative Feedback Loop
00:40:53 Capitalism is Based on Nature
00:42:46 Bitcoin Outcompetes Due to its Adaptivity
00:45:06 Bitcoin: A Self-Correcting Adaptive Control System
00:48:41 Nature is Thermodynamically Conservative, Fiat is Not
00:52:16 “Bitcoin is Cybernetic Life” that Cannot be Caged
00:55:24 Robert’s Outro

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Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 x

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John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
John’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john
John’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
John’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 Technology vs. Psychotechnology
00:07:00 Digital Technology Blurs the Distinction
00:08:22 Accelerating the Proliferation of Psychotechnologies
00:10:21 Literacy and the Flynn Effect
00:12:32 Psychotechnology: A Gateway into Distributed Cognition
00:15:10 Distributed Cognition Inherent to the Free Market
00:16:39 The Printing Press Drives the Protestant Reformation
00:18:23 Literacy and Coinage Enable Standardization
00:20:44 Psychotechnologies, Protocols, and Cognitive Prosthetics
00:22:32 The Weakness of Monocultures and Centralization
00:24:33 Cognitive Flux Between Resiliency and Efficiency
00:26:08 Debt and Equity; Space and Time
00:27:45 The Difference Between Risk and Uncertainty
00:30:24 Agent and Arena: The Co-Determination of Identity
00:33:59 The Extent of Teleology in Reality
00:35:55 The Deep Continuity Hypothesis
00:38:28 Spinoza and Pirsig’s Metaphysics of Quality
00:41:51 Whitehead’s Bifurcation of Nature
00:43:27 Buddhist and Taoist Perspectives

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IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Michael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylor
Michael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/en
Michael's website: https://www.hope.com/

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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 21M: A Base Layer Monetary Protocol
00:05:21 The Bitcoin Application Layer Protocol
00:08:20 Base and Application Layers are Complementary
00:10:50 Acceleration of the Lightning Network
00:12:31 Bitcoin Frees Us from Inflation
00:13:47 Private Keys are the Strongest Property Right
00:18:33 Bitcoin is Impairment-Resistant Property
00:21:19 Theft-Proof Property: A Real Game-Changer
00:24:21 “All Stress Accelerates the Adoption of New Technology”
00:26:44 Bitcoin Mitigates Hypothecation
00:29:08 Bitcoin Optimizes Authentication
00:30:49 Bitcoin: Hyper-Transportable Capital
00:35:05 “There is a Dance Between Counterparties”
00:36:15 Bitcoin is the Most Distributable Money
00:37:36 Bitcoin is the Most Divisible Money
00:37:59 Bitcoin Fixes Spamming and Scamming
00:44:26 Bitcoin Functions Across All Scales
00:46:22 “Making Cyberspace Safe for 8 Billion People”
00:48:09 Why Does Bitcoin Succeed in Theory?
00:55:55 Different Ways to Own Bitcoin
00:58:16 Bitcoin is a Shared, Immutable, and Correct Ledger
01:00:25 The Speed at Which a Profound Idea can Spread
01:08:36 Robert's Outro

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IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
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Max’s Website: https://towardsliberty.com/btcpay/apps/wxB4qDBjfaZNqn9vSidLnn4dGbV/pos

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 The Privatization of Protection Services
00:05:44 Government: A Natural Monopoly?
00:12:48 We Can Have Peace Without Bitcoin?
00:16:15 The Mass Ignorance of Self-Evident Truths
00:20:43 Freedom as Compared to Liberty
00:25:40 Optionality as an Aspect of Freedom
00:33:45 The Price: An Objective Appraisal of Value
00:39:38 The Methodological Divide in Economics
00:41:45 Differences Between Ethics and Morals
00:46:41 Defining Human Reason
00:50:44 Is Politics Reasonable?
00:55:59 The Criminality of Politics
00:58:20 The Universal Ethic: Do Not Steal
01:00:57 The Reciprocity Between Man and Tool

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John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
John’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john
John’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
John’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY

PODCAST
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 How Gold Led to Fiat Currency
00:06:00 Fiat Currency and Addiction
00:12:01 Defining Psychotechnology
00:15:22 Psychotechnology, Intelligence, and Identity
00:17:36 Money as a Psychotechnology
00:22:20 Empowerment and Identification Processes
00:24:27 Modal Confusion (Having vs. Being)
00:30:49 The Wisdom of Money
00:34:52 Central Bank Psychotechnological Manipulation
00:39:00 Property and The Tragedy of the Commons
00:43:33 The Procedural Knowledge of Nature
00:45:50 Introduction to Metaphysics
00:52:42 The “Transjectivity” of Relevance
00:54:36 The Intelligibility of Reality
00:58:06 Being: “An Inexhaustible Fount of Intelligibility”
01:01:33 Aristotle’s Conformity Theory of Knowing
01:05:57 The Principles of “Knowing Thyself”
01:08:40 Plato’s Cave
01:10:06 Defining Exaptation
01:13:42 Metaphors as Fossils of Language
01:16:27 More About John’s Work…

SOCIAL
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Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
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IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Michael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylor
Michael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/en
Michael's website: https://www.hope.com/

CHANNEL
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 The Purpose of Currency
00:06:54 Fiat Currency Applications
00:10:03 Inflation is the Major Problem of Fiat
00:13:00 Fiat Enables Government Confiscation
00:14:27 The Conundrum of Money
00:16:17 Fiat Hypothecation and Authentication
00:20:22 Restrictions on Fiat Transfer Volume
00:22:16 Impedances are Property Right Impairments
00:23:09 Fiat Transportation, Credit, and Securities Risks
00:24:56 The Base Layer of Fiat is Defective
00:26:16 The Application Layer of Fiat is Random and Manual
00:28:55 No Financial, Mathematical, or Moral Integrity
00:30:35 The Two Fundamental Shortcomings of Fiat
00:33:16 “High Frequency Final Settlement Creates Reality”
00:35:29 The “Spacetime Constants” for Cryptoassets
00:37:17 What Happens When You Triple Gravity…
00:38:32 The Reynolds Number and Fluid Dynamics
00:39:38 Bitcoin is the E=MC^2 of Money
00:41:20 The Fundamental Basis of Integrity
00:42:46 Constantly Changing Rules Create Insanity
00:44:50 Bitcoin is a Digital Monetary Virus
00:46:05 “The Living Truth Nebula”
00:47:00 The Path to the Ideal Technology for Money
00:47:51 Robert's Outro

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Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Max’s twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax
Max’s Website: https://towardsliberty.com/btcpay/apps/wxB4qDBjfaZNqn9vSidLnn4dGbV/pos

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 Introduction to Max and “The Ethics of Liberty”
00:05:36 Defining Praxeology
00:13:01 Human Action, Observation, and Value
00:16:25 Preferences and Want-Satisfaction
00:17:33 Apriori vs. Empirical Knowledge
00:21:19 Defining Property
00:29:45 Property Rights and Alienability
00:32:13 Property’s Dependence on Defensibility
00:36:47 Non-Aggression (Yin) and Self-Defense (Yang)
00:39:40 The Universal Ethic: “Do Not Steal”
00:44:02 The Enforceability of Property
00:49:45 Castles and Preemptive Protection
00:54:12 The Architectural Defenses of Bitcoin
00:57:22 “Bitcoin Dies if No One Cares About Freedom”
00:58:58 Bitcoin and the Scale, Duration, and Frequency of Violence

SOCIAL
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WRITTEN WORK
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RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0j
IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
John’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john
John’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
John’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 Connections Between Value, Relevance, and Action
00:05:02 The Generalization and Discrimination Tradeoff
00:07:44 The Rationality Debates
00:12:17 Bounded Rationality is Not Logic
00:14:11 The Functions of Distributed Cognition
00:16:56 Temporal Discounting and Adaptivity
00:18:46 Anxiety as Insufficient Temporal Discounting
00:21:53 Markets as Dynamical Systems
00:23:33 The Sense of Presence
00:28:07 The Four Levels of Knowing
00:30:54 Meta-Perspectival Ability
00:32:28 The Meta-Perspectival/Success Tradeoff
00:33:58 The Four Levels of Memory
00:36:04 Self-Deception at Each Level of Knowing
00:39:29 Wisdom Coordinates All Levels of Knowing
00:41:11 “The Reciprocal Opening that We Call Love”

SOCIAL
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
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Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
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The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0j
IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Michael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylor
Michael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/en
Michael's website: https://www.hope.com/

CHANNEL
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:02:06 Money is Tokenized Sociopolitical Energy
00:05:23 Bitcoin is the First Digital Money
00:07:21 The Ideal Model of Money
00:09:34 Money is the Apex Property
00:11:35 From Political Money to Engineered Money
00:12:54 Ancient Coin Networks
00:15:17 Money Changers and Energy Loss
00:17:33 Problems with the Gold Standard
00:22:33 Custody of Gold is Expensive
00:26:00 Gold is Too Easy to Manipulate
00:27:21 Gold is Difficult to Transport and Distribute
00:28:20 Gold’s Divisibility is Limited in Practice
00:31:17 Final vs. Deferred Settlement
00:34:35 Gold Applications are Difficult and Dangerous
00:38:54 Gold Invites Violence
00:43:51 The Gold Standard: Dying a Slow Death
00:47:19 Performance of Gold vs. Bitcoin
00:49:55 To Stay Alive in a Darwinian World…

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WRITTEN WORK
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RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0j
IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
John’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john
John’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
John’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 Intro to the Work of John Vervaeke
00:10:58 Consciousness, Intelligence, and Relevance Realization
00:18:18 The Market and Distributed Cognition
00:22:08 Most Intelligence is Unconscious
00:26:32 Most Real-World Problems are Ill-Defined
00:28:44 Optimal Grip and Combinatorial Explosion
00:31:42 Consciousness and Aspectualization
00:33:45 The Transjectivity of Adaptivity
00:36:16 Self-Organizing vs. Auto-poetic
00:42:47 Toggling Between Generalization and Discrimination
00:45:49 Intelligence vs. Rationality
00:49:14 Attention, Interest, and Self-Deception
00:50:58 Rationality: Intelligently Overcoming Self-Deception
00:52:45 The Logos and Rationality

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IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
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Geoffrey Miller joins me for a multi-episode series exploring evolutionary psychology, virtue signaling, history, markets, money, and Bitcoin/crypto.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Geoffrey's twitter: https://twitter.com/primalpoly/media
Geoffrey's website: https://www.primalpoly.com/
Geoffrey's Quillette piece on polyamory, marriage, pronatalism, and the future of relationships:
https://quillette.com/2019/10/29/polyamory-is-growing-and-we-need-to-get-serious-about-it/
Mate book (2015): https://www.primalpoly.com/mate-what-women-want
Spent book (2009): https://www.primalpoly.com/spent
The Mating Mind book (2000): https://www.primalpoly.com/the-mating-mind
Mating Grounds podcast with Geoffrey Miller & Tucker Max (262 episodes, 2014-2016)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mating-grounds-podcast/id894712811
Article for Paleo magazine on Paleo fitness and sexual attraction: https://www.primalpoly.com/s/2016-sexual-fitness-paleo-magazine.pdf
Geoffrey's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/geoffreymillerphd
Other interviews with Geoffrey Miller related to mating and dating:
-Dave Rubin: https://youtu.be/xqgH6Ru8kwY
-Rebel Wisdom: https://youtu.be/rRC6JYSbgsE
-SCNR: https://youtu.be/F7vArjs9bwA
-Triggernometry: https://youtu.be/hTLfiBTtE88
Geoffrey's recommended books: https://www.primalpoly.com/recommended-books-nonfiction

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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Transcript:

EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 NYDIG
00:01:25 Dating for Young Men
00:06:20 What do Women Want?
00:11:42 The Mating Market Rewards Specialization
00:18:21 What is Humor?
00:31:14 Confidence is Competence
00:38:32 The Balance Between Specialization and Generalization
00:44:40 The Significance of Fitness in the Market
00:54:27 Is Marriage Still Relevant?
01:00:50 Maximizing Reproduction Through Long-Term Pair Bonds
01:04:11 The Parallel Between Decentralization and Monogamy
01:11:43 How Men and Women Perceive Cheating
01:16:22 Incentive Structures Form Instincts
01:24:17 How Bitcoin Affects the Future of Marriage and Divorce
01:37:49 Drawing the Line on Sexual Exclusivity

SOCIAL
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
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Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

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RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0j
IBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Kiara Bickers joins me for a conversation exploring her book "Bitcoin Clarity." Topics explored include philosophy, language, capitalism, art, science, systems, and the ethics/evolution of money.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Kiara's twitter: https://twitter.com/kiarabickers
Kiara's book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Clarity-Understanding-Kiara-Bickers-ebook/dp/B07ZHY7RF8

CHANNEL
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 NYDIG
00:01:25 The Trustlessness of Bitcoin
00:06:10 Risk vs Consequence
00:10:10 Black Box Structuring
00:16:29 Language Shapes Thought
00:19:09 The Enlightenment Period and the Scientific Revolutions
00:24:12 The Basis of Capitalism
00:27:39 Black Boxes Today
00:30:33 Artists vs Scientists
00:34:43 Credentialism and the Fiat Currency Complex
00:39:48 Quantitative Over Qualitative Perception
00:47:31 Creation vs Discovery
00:51:32 Bicker’s Writing Process
00:55:52 Bitcoin as a Clock
01:01:25 The Ethics of Money
01:10:11 The Implications of Immutable Data
01:16:58 The Evolution of Money
01:25:42 Bitcoin, a Weapons Grade War Deterrent

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00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 NYDIG
00:01:25 Game Theory All the Way Down
00:05:56 Solving Game Theoretic Problems with Technology
00:14:56 Propaganda Against Bitcoin
00:28:38 Countermeasures Against Bitcoin Propaganda
00:37:58 The Role of Moral Virtues in Relationships
00:42:47 Cultivating Virtue Across All Domains of Life
00:54:37 Morality as an Emergent Property
00:58:23 Virtue Signaling Dynamics at the Cultural Level
01:04:06 Sexual Selection for Moral Virtues
01:09:47 Pagan Virtues
01:17:01 Jungian Archetypes
01:18:46 Benefits of a Less Hierarchical Marketplace

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EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 NYDIG
00:01:25 The Evolutionary Origins of Moral Virtues
00:04:12 Values, Virtues, and Relationships
00:07:42 Competition in the Mating Market
00:14:34 What is a Soul?
00:20:10 Morality from a Social Psychology Perspective
00:23:37 The Free Market and Morality
00:32:07 Social Relationships Influence Morality
00:41:41 Costly Signaling is Proof of Work

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EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 Introduction to Geoffrey Miller
00:03:00 Principles of Darwinism
00:04:46 The Foundation of Evolutionary Psychology
00:12:12 Different Levels of Evolutionary Selection
00:15:44 Costly Signaling Theory in Connection to Economics
00:23:56 Money is Liquid Fitness
00:30:40 Bitcoin as Highly Defensible Wealth
00:38:21 Digitization of Property Rights
00:42:12 Government as a Parasite
00:48:50 The Power Bitcoin has Over the Government
00:55:45 Bitcoin as an Existential Threat to Government
01:02:40 The Significance of Signaling Theory
01:09:20 Virtue Signaling
01:16:48 Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work
01:22:13 Decentralization of Bitcoin Mining
01:28:53 Wealth Disparity in a Proof of Stake Based Economy
01:33:37 Bitcoin and Censorship Resistance
01:38:55 Evolutionary Psychology and Bitcoin
01:41:14 The Role of Bitcoin Toxicity in its Success
01:46:51 The Real Threats to Bitcoin
01:49:58 How Behavioral Sciences Can Benefit Bitcoin
01:55:10 Holding Bitcoin as a Virtue Signal

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EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 “Choice”: A Complement to “Human Action”
00:06:55 How Economics differs from Natural Sciences
00:13:14 Economics vs. Economic History
00:16:04 Empiricism vs. Rationalism
00:24:19 Praxeology: The Science of Human Action
00:35:30 Teleology: The Study of Purpose
00:41:07 Actor Preferences and Value
00:48:22 The Inequality of Exchange
00:53:48 The ‘Water and Diamonds Paradox’
01:02:06 “On the Origin of Money”
01:09:42 Apriori, Aposteriori, Apodictic
01:17:51 Ideologies and Public Opinion
01:23:06 Dispelling False Doctrines
01:30:44 Political Polarization and Fiat Currency
01:34:19 “The End of Western Civilization”
01:36:39 Bitcoin and the Restoration of Civilization
01:43:47 Economics that Makes Sense

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EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Gammon’s Obsession with Macro
00:05:00 An Unjustifiable Confidence
00:14:46 Investor vs. Entrepreneur Mindset
00:17:07 The Importance of Cash Flow
00:21:58 Defining Reverse Repo
00:25:56 Bank Reserves
00:36:38 All Money is a Database
00:39:19 What is Wealth?
00:44:49 The Real Global Reserve Currency
00:53:49 Eurodollar Market and Inflation
00:59:45 Rehypothecation: A Collateral Multiplier
01:09:00 How Deflation Creates More Demand
01:17:20 Government Intervention
01:25:40 We Don’t Need A Central Bank
01:30:25 The Questions the Average Person Needs to Ask
01:38:14 All Government Action is a Misallocation of Capital
01:41:14 Bitcoin: The Incorruptible Database

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EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 The First Principles of Energy
00:04:31 The Relationship Between Humans and Nature
00:07:25 Pursuing What is Best for Humans
00:11:54 The Intellectual Package Deal
00:21:43 The 20th Century Left’s Anti-Capitalist Propaganda
00:29:03 Philosophical Utilitarians vs. The Individual Rights Perspective
00:35:27 The Parallel Between Energy and Currency
00:39:10 The Socially Objective Value and The Role of Government in Economics
00:47:25 Bitcoin’s Natural Resistance to Violence
00:52:38 The Distortion of Money
00:56:19 The Unspoken Costs of Alternative Sources of Energy
01:05:57 Freedom of Competition
01:14:42 The Philosophical Foundations of Economics
01:18:42 The World Economic Forum Propaganda Against Property
01:25:05 The Dominance of Fossil Fuel
01:41:30 Sacrificing Humans to the Idea of an Impacted Climate
01:50:02 Defining Sacrifice as The Surrender of Value
01:58:50 The Disingenuousness of Human Motives
02:03:47 Catastrophe Predictions
02:05:21 Inflation and Taxation as Modern Forms of Servitude
02:10:20 Fiat Currency: Costless Money
02:14:27 The 100% Renewable Energy Fraud
02:19:50 Power Purchase Agreements and The Grid Accounting Fraud
02:24:02 The Climate Mastery Ability and Global Warming
02:27:03 Are We Causing a Rate of Change that is Overly Disruptive?
02:33:25 Capital Misallocation as an Anti-Human Viewpoint
02:35:46 The Human Flourishing Project

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EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 A Crisis in Financial Education
00:13:47 Learning how to Invest Successfully
00:19:47 How to Structure Your Day for Success
00:28:05 “Doing Dope Shit in Real Life”
00:34:32 On the Horizon
00:37:45 Investment Evaluation
00:47:27 Clear Objectives, Perfect Execution
00:52:30 Memetics, Business, and Religion
01:01:25 The Nature of Courage
01:15:02 Of Revolution and Tyranny
01:21:20 Freedom from Central Bank Tyranny
01:30:23 Bitcoin: Apolitical, Independent Money
01:37:00 Knowledge (of Money) is Power
01:43:57 The Path to Bitcoin Dominance
01:53:20 Bitcoin as an Heirloom
01:57:53 Married Life and Kids
02:00:40 Enjoying Life and Finding Meaning

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EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”
00:03:15 A background on “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”
00:06:07 Entrepreneurship as a way out of being a slave to the rich
00:09:06 Education as an indoctrination into Socialism
00:12:40 The four kinds of people
00:14:28 Capitalists vs Bureaucrats
00:16:25 Assets, Debts, and Liabilities
00:26:10 The Definition of Money
00:28:00 Anti-Property Propaganda
00:35:33 The Value of Untraceable Property
00:46:16 Money and Entrepreneurship
00:52:25 Inflation, A Punishment on the Working Class
00:54:03 The Cashflow Board Game
00:57:10 The Fundamental Divide Between the Bureaucratic and the Capitalist Mentality
00:59:04 Putting your Money to Work for you
01:03:22 Debt Management
01:05:16 Failure is a Part of Success
01:06:40 The Primal Nature of Man
01:19:21 Money as a Mentality

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Stack Sats with Swan Bitcoin: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Brent Johnson joins me for a deep conversation about economics, money, debt, the state, violence, Bitcoin, geopolitics, and macroeconomics.

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Brent’s Background and Economic Views
00:13:30 Austrian Economics
00:17:05 Defining “The State”
00:25:32 Debt as Primeval Money
00:35:11 Power, Violence, and Taxation
00:42:26 MMT and Keynesianism
00:47:10 What is Money?
00:51:49 Bitcoin and the Logic of Violence
00:58:26 Gresham’s Law and Geopolitics
01:03:42 Geopolitical Lawlessness and Money
01:09:00 The American “Black Hat”
01:17:40 Current Macroeconomic Landscape
01:25:27 “Dollar Milkshake Theory”
01:33:08 The Specter of Warfare in 2021
01:40:30 Gold’s Role in Modern Geopolitics
01:45:21 Freedom Maximalism and Bitcoin’s Potential
01:51:29 Bitcoin’s Conflict with The State
01:57:05 How can The State “Lockup” Bitcoin?

SOCIAL
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Zuby joins me for a deep conversation about his life story, career in music, relationship with money, life philosophies, and more.

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GUEST
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PODCAST
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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Zuby’s Backstory
00:10:15 Zuby’s “Deadlift Tweet” Goes Viral
00:14:40 How to “Stoke the Flames” of a Viral Tweet
00:20:48 Sports, Fitness, and Diet
00:36:46 Personality Profiling
00:41:44 Relationship with Money
00:50:50 Psychological Tactics of Government Coercion
01:04:11 “History is a Live Event”
01:11:40 The Promise and Threat of Technology
01:22:10 Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age
01:28:51 The Battle Between Good and Evil
01:40:28 Religion, Ritual, and the Moral Compass
01:50:47 The Unmooring of Money and Morality
01:55:52 The Paradox of Freedom
02:08:22 “Reality is a Feedback System”
02:15:48 Zuby’s Views on Bitcoin

SOCIAL
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Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Events Leading to The American Civil War
00:12:24 The Tax Situation Pre-Civil War
00:18:44 The Role of Slavery Pre-Civil War
00:23:50 “The Purpose of Every Conquest in History”
00:29:55 Europe’s Influence on Pre-Civil War America
00:34:21 The First Shots Fired
00:37:53 American Civil War was a Tax Story
00:39:15 Altcoin Speculation and Inflation
00:43:01 An Economic Discussion of Bitcoin
00:50:19 Discovering the Evils of Fiat Currency

SOCIAL
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Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Dominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisby
Dominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 The Benefits of Movement
00:05:07 Bitcoin Price Action (May 2021)
00:13:48 Bitcoin Price Analysis & Forecast Q4 2021
00:18:07 Scalability: Bitcoin v. Fiat
00:23:07 Helicopter Money
00:27:25 The Glorious Revolution
00:36:26 Technological Progress and Morality
00:40:42 Energy Consumption = Civilizational Sophistication
00:44:42 Taxation Without Representation
00:48:57 How to Ruin an Empire
00:54:35 Walls, Gatekeeping, and Tax Farming
00:59:21 Philosophy and the Spread of Free Thought
01:07:23 Bitcoin: An Inviolable Property Right
01:12:11 Present Parallels to Past Revolutions
01:15:04 The French Revolution

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Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Dominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisby
Dominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Beauty: A Window into the Transcendent
00:10:50 The Most Marginalized Group in Society
00:14:59 Linguistic Relativity
00:21:10 Beauty and Art
00:28:24 The Mythology of the Middle Way
00:34:47 Bitcoin Energy FUD
00:44:38 Warfare on a Bitcoin Standard
00:48:46 China’s Geopolitical Perspective Bitcoin
00:55:15 Roger Kipling’s Poem: “Dane-Geld”

SOCIAL
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Sunny Ray joins me for a conversation about the story of Bitcoin in India.

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PODCAST
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Why India is Relevant to Bitcoin
00:03:57 Sunny’s Story
00:14:01 Sunny’s Relationship with Money
00:20:29 The Persistent Illusion of Fiat Currency
00:28:10 Why Isn’t Bitcoin “The Thing” in India?
00:33:02 India’s Affinity for Gold
00:39:06 India’s Battle with Bitcoin
00:51:12 Defending the Principles of Bitcoin
00:56:00 Bitcoin: The Destroyer of Central Banks
01:05:22 Facing Off with The Indian Central Bank
01:12:17 Wrongfully Arrested for Being in Bitcoin
01:20:20 The Battle for Bitcoin in India Today
01:28:04 Regulatory Clarity on Bitcoin in India
01:33:06 A Pivot into Philosophy
01:44:22 Relationship of Bitcoin and Consciousness
01:49:43 The Influence of Fiat on Consciousness
01:55:44 Sunny’s Life Philosophy
02:03:33 Sunny’s Vision for His Future

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Nik Bhatia joins me for a conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Layered Money."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
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Nik's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Layered-Money-Dollars-Bitcoin-Currencies-ebook/dp/B08PS293NT

PODCAST
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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 The Pyramid Scheme: Fiat Currency
00:03:52 Layered Money
00:14:50 Coins: Money Velocity
00:18:10 The Hierarchy of Money
00:30:50 Revolution in Mathematics: Fibonacci
00:38:30 Counterparty Risk: Bitcoin
00:44:30 Suppression of Freedom
01:01:20 Scalability: L2 Money
01:09:50 Proliferation of Capitalism
01:31:10 Alchemy
01:45:10 Debt, Fragility, and Volatility
01:49:30 Official Monetary Policy: Infinity
02:00:01 Bitcoin: Native Money of the Digital Domain
02:09:45 Impetus of the Federal Reserve
02:27:20 Elasticity and Inflation: L1 v. L2
02:30:45 Disentanglement of the Euro-Dollar
02:54:00 Consequences of Fiat
03:03:30 Name of the Game: Renomination

SOCIAL
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Ben Askren joins me for a conversation covering the concepts laid out in Robert Greene's book "The 48 Laws of Power."

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
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PODCAST
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Bitcoin Price and Volatility
00:07:10 “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene
00:09:06 Ben’s Background and Outlook on Power
00:13:12 Defining Power
00:17:57 Assume Formlessness
00:24:33 Never Outshine the Master
00:37:41 Win Through Your Actions, Never Through Argument
00:53:20 Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
01:02:01 Enter Action with Boldness
01:23:04 Never Appear Too Perfect
01:33:13 Ben’s Purpose and Aims

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CONTRIBUTE
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Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Dominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisby
Dominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Prism of Taxation: Tax is Power
00:11:12 Daylight Robbery
00:14:26 Never a Civilization Without Taxation
00:21:37 The Stone Age
00:28:32 Bitcoin: A Mathematical Beauty and Truth
00:31:13 Transcendentals: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness
00:35:20 The First Blockchain: Hieroglyphics and Clay Tablets
00:40:00 Money is Technology
00:45:40 Evolution of Government
00:48:40 The Economic Consequences of Organized Violence
00:55:10 Bitcoin: New Frontier of the Digital World
00:58:40 Liturgy and Skin in the Game

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CONTRIBUTE
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Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Dominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisby
Dominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

PODCAST
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Civilization and Taxation
00:01:53 Money: A Tool for Communication & Propaganda
00:09:40 Sound Money & Empires
00:13:02 The Economic Consequences of Organized Violence
00:18:21 Skin in The Game
00:24:40 Monetary Property in a New World & Creating a New Society
00:34:10 Civilizations Repeating Inevitable Failures
00:42:48 The Printing Press
00:48:22 Sound Money & Sound Administrations
00:58:32 Central Bank Rabbit Hole

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Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Dominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisby
Dominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

PODCAST
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Gold, Beauty, Mathematical Elegance, and Truth
00:09:26 Myths: History of Gold, Beauty and Money
00:17:30 Gold: Pure Wealth and Coinage
00:24:39 Philosopher’s stone
00:30:44 The Dynamic Equilibrium of Bitcoin
00:39:49 Absolute scarcity
00:43:29 Digital Monetization of Gold
00:45:01 Educational Journey to Anti-Fiat
00:49:25 Gold: The Governor of Governments
00:51:16 China’s Conquest for Gold and Global Dominance
00:59:28 A Future of Digitized Economy & Law Written in Code
01:17:02 Why Bitcoin Is Outperforming Gold

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Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Dominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisby
Dominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

PODCAST
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Bitcoin and The New Reality Fiat
00:13:35 Money is An Extension of the Mind
00:21:15 Large Tech and Nation States
00:30:00 A Hyper Deflationary Environment
00:39:55 Tech Replaces Government
00:46:05 Taxation Shapes Civilization
00:55:15 Bitcoin in the Midst of Online Bubbles
01:12:30 Theory of a 100 Year Cycle

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Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Dominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisby
Dominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

PODCAST
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Marco Polo
00:20:00 Bitcoin is Venice
00:29:30 Surnames in History
00:48:03 Simple and Fair Rules
00:55:55 Post-Modernism
01:00:25 How Does the Tax System Adapt?
01:15:05 The Bitcoin Standard

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Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

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Jeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Geopolitical Game Theory
00:10:50 Prisoner’s Dilemma and Divisiveness
00:13:27 A Series of Prisoner’s Dilemmas
00:14:11 Solving the Byzantine Generals Problem
00:16:54 An Incorruptible Base Layer
00:20:37 Bitcoin Game Theory, In Practice
00:25:58 Fiat Currency: A “Race to Debase”
00:28:25 The Macro-Structural Game Board
00:29:48 Inflation is Falsehood
00:31:22 Soul in the Game
00:35:40 Risk and Reward
00:40:47 UBI: An Unwinnable Game?
00:49:57 Political Games
00:55:57 Gold: The Original Governor of Governments
00:58:54 Group Identity Politics
01:01:55 Gratitude’s Gravity
01:03:12 Jeff’s Greatest Lesson…

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Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBooth
Jeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Living in Service of Belongingness
00:09:34 The Shifting Landscape of Leadership
00:11:49 Individuals are Complexes of Ideas
00:15:30 Exclusivity, Inclusivity, and Power
00:19:40 Inflation is Indefensible
00:24:11 Social Solidarity and Divisiveness
00:27:48 Bitcoin: “A Moral Equivalent to War”?
00:30:43 Deflation is a Civilizing Force
00:31:43 Inflation Tears Society Apart
00:34:17 Proof-of-Work Generates Peace
00:37:52 The Specter of Hyperinflation
00:40:22 Reasons for Bitcoin
00:42:11 When “Us vs. Them” Helps an Idea Thrive
00:45:46 Inflation is Incongruent to Conservation
00:50:08 Inflation Funds and Causes Armed Conflict
00:56:56 End

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Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBooth
Jeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Relativity of Information and Entropy
00:05:35 AI in Healthcare
00:09:22 Inflation Suppresses Entrepreneurship
00:11:42 The Free Market: A Global Error-Correcting System
00:17:41 Does Bitcoin Need Public Buy-In?
00:22:30 Belief Systems and Human Organization
00:25:00 Filtering Ideas: Bitcoin and Climate Change
00:32:59 Machines are Learning Exponentially Faster
00:36:59 The Simulation Hypothesis & Superintelligence
00:39:00 Data Mining and AI
00:42:50 Geopolitical Power & General AI
00:45:24 “What Do you Want and Why?”
00:51:46 Egotism and Self-Deception
00:53:37 Entrepreneurship: Living on the Edge
00:57:19 “Go Where the Truth Is”
01:00:01 Advantage of the Beginner’s Mind
01:03:24 Distorting Creative Destruction
01:08:55 Fiat Currency Induces Systemic Fragility
01:12:15 Bitcoin: The Ultimate Asymmetric Bet
01:17:55 A Call Option on Everything
01:22:46 Interventionism Interrupts Error Correction
01:29:19 Debt Super-cycles End Badly
01:31:41 The Tail Risk of Social Unrest
01:34:12 Bitcoin Error Corrects Gold
01:36:59 Debt and Equity, Space and Time
01:39:45 End

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Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBooth
Jeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Intelligence is Error Correction
00:04:39 “If electricity was a match, AI is the sun.”
00:08:09 Narrow Artificial Intelligence
00:12:09 AI and the End of Jobs
00:16:50 AI Improves Exponentially
00:19:52 Growth Today is the Removal of Jobs
00:23:57 Inflation Concentrates Monopoly Power
00:27:36 The End of Jobs Formula
00:29:28 No Industry is Safe
00:31:37 Information Wants to be Free
00:33:58 Bitcoin Breaks Old Belief Systems
00:38:21 The Digital Enlightenment and Memetics
00:42:40 Entrepreneurs Fit Current Action to Future Market Data
00:47:14 “People Don’t Have Ideas, Ideas Have People.”
00:50:15 Once You See Deflation, You Can’t Unsee It
00:52:02 The Best Information Wins
00:55:50 “All I know is That I Know Nothing At All.”
00:58:00 The Free Market is The Sum of All Intelligence
01:01:27 Bitcoin Defunds Communism
01:03:46 End

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Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBooth
Jeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Commerce Shapes Civilization
00:04:18 Digital Space and Economic Density
00:06:03 Digital Twinning and Mixed Reality
00:11:15 The Digitization of Travel
00:14:04 The Digitization of Manufacturing
00:17:57 The Phase Change to Digital
00:20:22 Economics-Induced Behavior Changes
00:25:02 The Digitization of Energy
00:29:42 Inflation Exacerbates Climate Change
00:31:42 Solar: The Ultimate Energy Source
00:37:33 Swanson’s Law Drives Solar
00:41:41 Lower Cost of Energy = More Civilization
00:43:22 Thinking in Vibration, Frequency, and Energy
00:46:10 Lower Cost of Information = Smaller Organizations
00:55:21 The Path to a Bitcoin Standard
01:00:06 Bitcoin Fairly Disseminates Deflationary Gains
01:00:03 Bitcoin Unleashes Entrepreneurship
01:04:55 Solving Energy Problems Solves Climate Change
01:08:00 “The Most Human Thing We Could Do”
01:09:26 Energy Networks and Geopolitical Power
01:11:25 Inflation is Irreconcilable with Environmental Conservation
01:13:20 End

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Jeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Deflationary Shocks
00:06:24 Natural vs. Nominal Interest Rates
00:10:07 Interest Rate Suppression
00:11:09 Flight to Safety
00:13:40 Always Zoom Out
00:14:45 Aggregating Supply, Addicting Demand
00:18:30 PICNUF Framework
00:20:40 How to Train Kids to Play Piano
00:23:22 When It’s Free, You’re the Product
00:25:25 Algorithms Eating Sovereignty
00:29:47 Bundling vs. Unbundling
00:31:43 Breaking Data Monopolies?
00:34:07 Health Data Aggregation
00:35:26 Network Effects Matter
00:39:14 Bitcoin May Change Contract Law
00:40:24 Life Philosophy
00:45:18 Accept, Don’t Expect, Responsibility
00:50:05 The Beginner’s Mind Advantage
00:53:04 The Liberation of Information
00:56:22 “Strong Opinions, Weakly Held”
00:58:41 The Antiquation of Arrogance
01:02:22 Self-Driving Cars Driving Change
01:07:42 All Goods are Services
01:08:38 Entrepreneurs are Prognosticators
01:11:01 Less Things, More Utilization
01:14:01 End

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Jeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Inflation Distorts Economic Perceptions
00:03:07 Bitcoin: The First Independent Economic Variable
00:05:08 Standardization and Monetization
00:10:38 The Unevenness of Inflation
00:13:07 Pricing on a Bitcoin Standard
00:15:40 The Chair, Revisited
00:16:59 Redesigning for Productivity and Price Declines
00:18:54 Unleashing Entrepreneurship
00:20:09 The Mystery of Measuring Productivity
00:22:22 Bitcoin: Humanity’s Greatest Invention?
00:23:41 The Great Filter
00:25:15 Money in Harmony with Nature
00:26:18 It’s Hard to Think Differently
00:29:00 The Final Human Freedom
00:31:49 Your Life’s Network
00:32:24 Psychological Archetypes
00:35:36 Action in Service to Love and Belonging
00:38:56 Selflessness is Selfish
00:40:48 “You Make Everyone Cry But They Love You For It”
00:44:11 Love and Belonging are Addictive
00:45:07 Love, Sacrifice, and Economics
00:47:47 Cultural Immune Systems
00:49:09 The Criticality of Humility
00:51:43 Pride Precedes the Fall
00:52:02 End

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Inflation Harvests Economic Surplus
00:02:02 When Innovation Collapses Distribution Costs
00:07:50 Etail vs. Retail
00:09:55 The Inability to Understand Exponential Change
00:11:25 Goods are Information
00:15:00 Sitting at the Cutting Edge
00:17:45 Bitcoin’s Exponentially Decaying Supply Flow
00:20:17 How to Measure Economic Growth?
00:22:21 Digital Platforms, Supply Aggregation, and AI
00:28:59 Airbnb Aggregating Lodging Supply
00:32:31 AI is Already Here
00:35:38 Say’s Law, Money, and Time
00:40:22 The Middle Class Attacked on Two Fronts
00:42:05 Future Economic Shocks
00:46:52 “Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste”
00:48:46 The Diminishing Returns of Indebtedness
00:52:04 Double-Digit Negative Real Yields
00:55:41 Macroeconomics: Designed to Deceive
00:58:00 Innovation Requires Money that Allows Price Deflation
00:59:28 End

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:00:00 Robert’s Intro to the Booth Series
00:05:23 Series Begins
00:08:41 How the Economy Works
00:11:30 “Currency wars, trade wars, then real wars”
00:13:38 Innovation is Unstoppable
00:16:43 Inflation Fights Innovation
00:19:10 What if Central Banks Knew?
00:22:40 Empathy and How Systems Operate
00:29:00 Is GDP the right metric?
00:32:29 Declining Prices Means Freeing Time
00:34:52 Digital Technology Vaporizes Borders
00:38:14 All Government Action is Wasteful
00:43:09 Inflation Centralizes Power
00:47:27 Inflation is Implicit Default on Debt
00:49:37 Inflation Drives Divisiveness
00:52:14 Fear of Systemic Change
00:55:29 Personalities Emerge from Incentives
00:57:53 Fiat Currency Forces and Funds Warfare
01:01:06 The Stability of Rules is the Bedrock of Peace
01:06:10 No Hope for the Existing System
01:08:22 The “Risk Free” Rate is Systemic Manipulation

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Introduction

00:00:04 – 00:05:14 Why Eric Weinstein?

00:05:15 - 00:09:57The purpose of this conversation - Building our Portal

00:09:58 - 00:15:33Zooming out - The parameters of our Portal

We’re living through cultural and economy decay

00:15:33 - 00:23:18 Bitcoiners vs. Weinstein – What we agree on (Or: We’re living through cultural and economic decay

00:23:19 - 00:27:40 WTF happened in 1971? – Systemic Rot

00:27:41 - 00:31:42 Skin in the Game – The limits of the Keynesian perspective

00:31:44 - 00:33:41A stall in innovation in physics - Weinstein’s perspective

Why mainstream explanations come up short

00:33:42 - 00:38:02The money is the root, not theoretical physics

00:38:03 - 00:44:09Keynesian’s are too zoomed in

00:44:06 - 00:47:07Gen X vs. Millennial perspectives

00:47:08 - 00:53:46Millennial disillusionment in art and popular culture

00:53:46 - 01:03:54The monetary system is the unseen cause

01:03:58 - 01:14:23Meme wars - Why Bitcoin wins

The history of money

01:14:24 - 01:19:08The function of money

01:19:08 - 01:21:16Why gold emerged as money

01:21:17 - 01:22:33How gold empowered civilisations to become great

01:22:34 - 01:26:56Why we moved beyond gold

01:26:58 - 01:32:29Money, standards and social scalability

Fiat money is the root of the problem

01:32:37 - 01:42:21Money is the base layer of civilisation

01:38:39 - 01:42:20Fiat money is decivilizing

01:42:21 - 01:52:20Corrupting the money is the cause of decay

01:52:20 - 01:56:57The problems with Weinstein’s perspective

How problems with the money are causing societal decay

01:57:02 - 02:03:10Fiat money robs society of its course-correction mechanism

02:03:12 - 02:06:42Fiat money insulates society from the consequences of its actions

02:06:43 - 02:09:34Fiat money gives power to Wall Street

02:09:35 - 02:14:41Good money creates great civilizations 

02:14:42 - 02:20:55Fiat money embeds dishonesty into the system

Bitcoin is the solution, Bitcoin is the future

02:30:44 - 02:30:43Bitcoin is the bedrock for a new society, economy and morality

02:33:22 - 02:33:21To understand Bitcoin’s implications is to understand the future

02:38:57 - 02:38:56Bitcoin accelerates the transition to the digital age

02:58:20 - 03:05:51A Bitcoin future is a hopeful future

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00​ - Episode Trailer
00:01:06​ - Swan Bitcoin
00:03:22​ - Robert’s Intro

Economics
00:06:46​ Science of Infectious Disease, Sterilization, & Antibiotics
00:08:33​ Economics with Dirty Money
Defective Money is Toxic
00:09:33​ Meditations on Toxicity as a threat to life
00:11:33​ Inflation Myths & Misconceptions
00:12:33​ Jedi Mind Tricks in Economics –“No Inflation Here”
00:13:33​ Early Retirement in your Consumer Basket
00:15:06​ Questioning Basic Premises of Economics
00:15:23​ “We can’t tell people what to think, but we can tell them what to think about”
00:15:33​ 30 year Bond calc – Mistake

Inflation & Interest Rates
00:17:09​ Inflation Coefficients & Drivers
00:18:49​ Scarcity in Real Estate & Goods
00:19:59​ Agreement on bleeding George Washington to death
00:20:33​ Energy content in products, services, & assets
00:23:33​ Cherry Picking the Inflation Bucket for CPI
00:25:02​ Obscene Asset Inflation
00:26:33​ Scarce= High Energy Value
00:27:07​ Inflation is Theft, but most don’t realize this
00:28:26​ Inflation is Freezing to Death
00:31:00​ Real Yields vs. Asset Inflation Rates
00:31:52​ Storing Value in Equity & Debt
00:34:47​ Why do Stocks always go up?
00:37:27​ Big Tech vs. the entire Equity market
00:38:14​ Darwinian Competition
00:40:04​ Humility & Stoicism
00:41:54​ Challenges of Competing & Commercializing Acquisitions
00:43:52​ The Law of Decimation & Murphy’s Law
00:45:14​ Underestimating the cost of maintenance on assets
00:45:47​ Dangers of Youthful Ambition & Empire Building
00:47:33​ 10% tithe as a continuing theme
00:49:11​ Words don’t matter – Actions matter
00:49:31​ Paradox of Marcus Aurelius & Imperial Virtue
00:52:03​ Marcus Aurelius & the Crypto Keys to Empire
00:53:53​ There is always time to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Natural Competition
00:54:50​ Darwinian Vitality & Antifragilty
00:55:29​ Terrifying Natural Beauty
00:56:11​ Everything is at its finest when tomorrow is uncertain.
00:56:23​ Ants at War on a Sunny Day
00:57:52​ Lions & Antelope on Television
00:59:18​ Dynamic Equilibrium & Ecosystem Health
01:00:53​ Paradox of the Engineer vs. Zookeeper
01:01:30​ Easter Island Ecosystem Collapse
01:02:10​ Free Market is Economic Expression of Darwinian Equilibrium

01:03:33​ - Robert's Outro
01:42:27​ - End

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer
00:01:06 - Swan Bitcoin
00:03:22 - Robert’s Intro

00:05:48 - Life converts entropy into order
“A dead thing can go with the stream, only a living thing can swim against it”
00:08:17 - The first engineered monetary system
00:09:15 - Networks further the human race
00:09:59 - The highest calling of humanity is to extract order from the chaos
Engineering – the honorable profession

00:11:07 - Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange
00:11:28 - Peer to peer cash means settlement network
00:11:56 - High frequency transactions are unnecessary & irrelevant
00:13:12 - Centralized networks are best for MoE
00:14:06 - Privacy & Compliance
00:14:38 - Large transactions are more valuable
00:15:08 - High Frequency SoV, Low Frequency MoE
00:16:23 - Tax Challenges to MoE
00:17:38 - Accounting System Challenges to MoE
00:18:48 - Treasury Strategy for BTC
“Put it in the vault and throw away the key”
00:19:48 - Challenges of paying employees in Bitcoin
00:22:18 - Tax treatment is controls currency selection
00:23:28 - Bitcoin not practical as currency
00:24:00 - The option to settle is more important than the action itself
00:24:33 - “An armed society is a polite society” R.A. Heinlein
00:25:35 - The ability to cash settle is the deterrent
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely”
00:26:48 - The optionality keeps everyone honest in a free market
00:28:08 - “Just because you can do a thing doesn’t mean you should do a thing” -Stoics
“The loudest man in the room is the weakest man in the room” – American Gangster
00:28:48 - No need to flaunt power
Don’t get distracted by shiny objects.
00:29:38 - SoV is much more valuable than MoE
00:30:45 - Challenges of Privacy Coins
Meyer Lansky, Pablo Escabar examples

00:31:55 - Bitcoin as a Unit of Measure
00:31:58 - Bitcoin is a universal language of economic truth
00:32:49 - Bitcoin will always be a standard unit of economic energy
Bitcoin vs. Ounce of Gold
00:34:24 - Too much emphasis on MoE UoM, Not enough on SoV
00:34:48 - Non-constructive Crypto debates
00:35:17 - $300 billion Crypto Pond vs. $300 trillion Asset Ocean
00:36:48 - Crypto Market Segmentation
00:39:18 - Alt-coin experiments & DeFi
00:40:04 - Crypto Theory - Emergence of Magic in Cyberspace
00:40:23 - Crypto Networks vs. Digital Networks
00:41:14 - Crypto is for Immortal Sovereignty & Antifragility

Crossing Time & Domains
00:43:18 - Limitations of Crypto Architecture
00:44:36 - “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
00:45:48 - Plants vs. Animals – Genetic Tradeoffs
00:46:10 - Trust in Man, Company, Government, or Crypto?
00:46:28 - Solving problems with combination of tools
00:46:58 - Crypto Network is a life form in cyberspace
00:48:38 - One shot to create new form of crypto life
00:49:38 - Genetic similarities – no recalls allowed
00:50:23 - Ethereum Challenges
00:51:32 - Competition between Crypto Assets, Applications, & Currencies
00:52:28 - Defective Genetic Mutations
00:54:48 - Bitcoin Network Dominance among Crypto Assets
00:55:14 - Challenges of Proof of Stake
00:56:02 - Stablecoins as Crypto-Currencies
00:57:48 - Regulatory Arbitrage
01:00:07 - Crypto-Applications
01:00:50 - Digital Exchanges vs. Crypto Exchanges
01:00:50 - Risk Management & Crossing the Street
01:02:18 - Digital Network Advantages when integrated with Bitcoin
01:02:48 - Essence of the Crypto Value Proposition – Longevity
01:03:48 - Powering Digital Networks with a Crypto Network
01:05:48 - Rockefeller Estate Management

20th Century Approaches to Immortal Sovereignty
01:07:48 - Bitcoin is to Banking what YouTube is to Broadcasting
01:09:08 - Bitcoin Trust Structure
01:10:58 - Hybrid Solutions with People, Digital, & Crypto Networks
01:12:28 - Cyber Guild System
01:14:08 - Domains in Perpetuity – Monuments in Cyberspace
01:14:48 - Perpetuating Values – What do you love?
01:15:58 - Endowments via Bitcoin
01:17:04 - Tragedy of the Commons -Park in the Port of Naples
01:19:33 - Casting a Magic Spell with Crypto
01:20:48 - Bitcoin can be the source of “Magic Power”
01:22:24 - Fantasy Magicians, Spells, Curses, & Limits of Power
01:22:48 - Money is Power
01:23:48 - The power & reach of John D. Rockefeller
01:26:48 - Dominant Digital Networks & Bitcoin
01:28:12 - Market Forces & Ideology will Define the Future
01:28:48 - Role of the Maximalists & Citizen Soldiers

01:30:56 - Robert's Outro
02:12:13 - End

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer
00:01:06 - Swan Bitcoin

00:05:42 - Bitcoin like a cruise missile
00:06:07 - Holding high ground behind a wall of encrypted energy
00:06:27 - Crypto Bank is strongest, fastest, smartest financial entity in the world
00:08:07 - Impact of 24/7 Operations ( 35 hours to 168 hours per week)

Highest bandwidth of any asset. The Apex Asset.
00:08:47 - Dangers of fighting the Cyber Swarm
00:10:03 - Strength of the Highest Common Denominator
00:10:32 - Virtues of Hodling & Benefits of Joining the Network
00:12:27 - Inverting the asymmetry from fragility to vitality
00:12:43 - Herd immunity
00:13:08 - The Parable of the Lazy Lions
00:13:46 - Destroying Crypto Networks by hobbling transaction fees
00:14:47 - Dangers of Socialism in Competition for Capital & Products
00:16:33 - Interest rates & thermodynamics
00:17:43 - Insanity of negative interest
00:19:23 - Bitcoin as auto-immune response to global crisis
00:21:45 - Inevitable technology driven by toxic inflation
00:22:47 - Impact of Pandemic Crisis & Acceleration
00:23:36 - The Currency War

00:25:01 - Bitcoin as a Store of Value
00:25:36 - $250 Trillion in Bonds, Equity, Metals, Property
00:26:03 - Challenges to Storing Value in Real Estate
00:26:47 - Challenges to Storing Value in Bonds
00:27:58 - Challenges to Storing Value in Equity
00:30:25 - Bitcoin vs. Equity

Analogy to Plankton as the Base Layer of Ecosystem
00:32:48 - Virtues of Simplicity
00:34:48 - Proper mission of a company
00:35:48 - Preserving energy for a century
00:36:15 - Via Negativa & Ideal Design
00:37:46 - Success without Transactions
00:39:12 - Intelligence built into Google
00:40:34 - Impact of a century on stores of value
00:42:20 - Crypto POW is the ideal theoretical solution
00:42:58 - Criticality of the Maximalists & Religious Conviction
00:44:29 - Institutional Longevity
00:45:46 - Keepers of the Flame – Altars & Chapels in Bitcoin
00:46:53 - Strength of Gods in Fantasy Genre
00:47:39 - Feeding the Fire of Crypto Network (Miners & Nodes)
00:48:47 - Challenges of Novel Crypto Networks & Altcoins
00:49:24 - Values of Maximalists
00:50:53 - Crypto Networks – A path to immortality

Bitcoin - “The pursuit of immortal life”
00:51:11 - Projecting values thru time
00:53:03 - Bitcoin as a Higher Truth
00:53:58 - A religion for those that worship the laws of science & math
00:54:09 - The moral & intellectual hazards of short time horizons
00:55:47 - Virtues of taking the Long View
00:56:48 - What is required to store value 100 years? 1000 years?
00:57:21 - Economics as a Science
00:58:03 - Importance of Isaac Newton

00:58:19 - Robert's Outro
01:31:27 - End

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer
00:01:06 - Swan Bitcoin
00:06:23 - Bitcoin as Digital Gold – Harder, Smarter, Stronger, & Faster

00:07:13 - Bitcoin is Harder & Antifragile
00:08:05 - The Fragility of the Great Wall of China
00:10:05 - Military Wisdom - The best defense is a good offense
00:11:05 - Gold is a dumb rock – Bitcoin is a living, dynamically evolving ecosystem
00:13:43 - Importance of Pain to Antifragility of Bitcoin
00:14:17 - Quantum Threats to Bitcoin
00:16:34 - Crashing the World with Photon Bullets
00:17:25 - Managing Political Threats
00:17:48 - Survival of the Hydra – Fight or Flight
00:18:44 - Geopolitical Balance of Power
“Show me the incentive & I’ll show you the outcome” – Munger
00:19:59 - Bitcoin Ethos & Hatred of Gatekeepers
00:20:43 - Roman Military Doctrine & Views on Defense
“Gatekeepers are your weakness”
00:21:20 - Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake
00:22:18 - “There is no such thing as a free lunch”
00:24:09 - Immune response of the network to an attacker
00:25:20 - Merits of embracing pain rather than running from it.
00:26:25 - Developing the immunity critical to life
00:27:18 - The Mongolian Horde & Genghis Khan
00:28:50 - The hardness of a hornet’s nest
00:30:45 - Merits Private Nodes & Private Keys
00:32:05 - Game Theory & Benefits of Key Optionality & Competition of Custodians
00:33:37 - Drive to improve client/server hardware on Bitcoin network
Wallets, Miners, Exchanges in Aggressive Competition
00:35:05 - Upgrade cycles of Bitcoin vs. Gold
“Humans move mountains”

00:37:47 - Bitcoin is Smarter
00:38:35 - Software applications to improve utility of Bitcoin
00:39:38 - Creating the smartest bank in the world via software
00:40:55 - Creating smart money for a mobile device
00:41:48 - Magical money via software
00:42:38 - Insurance applications
00:42:50 - Problems with Gold & Tokenized Gold
00:43:49 - Betting on dynamics rather than statics
00:44:50 - Developing a Yield Curve on Bitcoin
00:45:50 - Free market interest rates

00:47:14 - Bitcoin is Stronger
00:48:05 - Channeling money with force & acceleration
00:49:50 - Strength Limits of Gold, Stock, Bonds
00:50:43 - Challenges of getting interest on Stocks
00:51:57 - Merits of Competition to create Stronger Money
00:52:34 - Strength from Self-Custody across jurisdictions

00:53:03 - Bitcoin is Faster
00:53:15 - E=MC2 and Benefits of Virtualizing Gold
00:53:36 - Cost of move $100 million around the Earth
00:54:08 - High Frequency Transactions at the Speed of Light
00:54:48 - Ebay of Social Finance
00:55:08 - Systems & Compliance Impedance to Monetary Velocity
00:56:20 - Algorithms to make money while you are sleeping

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer
00:01:06 - Swan Bitcoin
00:03:23 - Robert's Intro
00:06:08 - Channeling Monetary Energy thru Time & Space
00:09:08 - Shipping Energy via Rubber Raft vs. Wooden Ship vs. Steel Tanker
00:11:34 - Vacuum sealing food energy & encrypting monetary energy
00:13:01 - Creating a wall encrypted energy
00:14:07 - “Money is Power” Monetary Energy is a highest form of power.
How much power can flow into Bitcoin? Price is Voltage.
00:16:12 - Thoughts on S2F model.
00:17:12 - Bitcoin Power= function of Adoption, Utility, Productivity, & Inflation
00:17:48 - Adoption -Measuring & defining (Hodlers, Treasury Reserves)
Mercenary Traders vs. Citizen Owners – Degree of Commitment
00:24:39 - Bitcoin is a closed thermodynamic system
00:26:02 - Degrees of Commitment to Adoption of Bitcoin (True Adoption Rate)
00:26:49 - Perils of leveraging with insurance vs. BTC treasury reserves
00:39:54 - Perils of leveraging with debt vs. BTC treasury reserves
00:33:59 - Inflation drives debt drives fragility
00:35:04 - Currency wars make cash toxic -inflation vs. hyperinflation
(chemotherapy, diabetes, metabolic disease, organ death)
00:39:03 - Calculating overall adoption of monetary network & progression
00:41:54 - Comparison to (and limits of) Facebook, Apple networks
00:43:49 - Adoption by NGOs, Governments, Institutions, Investors, Companies
00:45:39 - Teamwork, Syndicated Energy, & Historic Examples
00:46:49 - Bitcoin adoption organizes & channels energy participants
00:47:55 - Perils of Trading Bitcoin & Benefits of Hodling Bitcoin
High Frequency SoV, Low Frequency MoE
00:59:49 - “Nothing wrong with living forever”
00:51:49 - Benefits of Never Selling an Asset & Using it for Debt
00:55:04 - The ideal holding period of an asset is forever
00:55:59 - Avoiding fragility from leverage, risk models
01:01:59 - Impact of Interest Rates on Financing
01:02:19 - Increasing the Utility of the Bitcoin Network
01:06:13 - Impact of Productivity Growth on the Bitcoin Network
Sweeping cash flows into the network
01:09:17 - Creating the first cyber economy via Bitcoin
01:10:34 - Comparison to American economy
01:12:49 - “A swarm of military assets behind a wall of water”
01:14:39 - Crucibles of Innovation require an Insulator to preserve Energy
01:15:20 - Impact of Inflation on Power of the Bitcoin Network
Translating energy into fiat frame of reference
01:18:31 - Value of Bitcoin varies by Domain,
Inflation Rate drive rate of Adoption
01:19:49 - Final Thoughts of Bitcoin Network Power Equation & Adoption
01:23:04 - Bitcoin is the first conservative monetary energy system
Energy is truth…can be neither created nor destroyed
01:24:09 - Final Thoughts on Bitcoin
Energy is the ultimate scarce asset in the university
Laws of Thermodynamics. You can’t cheat.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Newtons Laws are the basis of all mechanics.
Bitcoin is the first time Technology crashed into Economics
01:30:14 - Robert's Outro
02:10:27 - End

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer
00:01:04 - Swan Bitcoin
00:03:23 - Robert's Intro
00:05:45 - Bitcoin - The first digital monetary energy network
00:19:58 - Channeling energy – money as the highest form of energy
00:12:47 - The most efficient way to channel energy thru time & space
Challenges of channeling & storing energy on power grids
Gold money as an energy network
00:17:26 - Copper energy networks vs. Gold energy networks
00:21:54 - Challenges of channeling energy thru time & space with Gold
00:23:27 - Gold & counterparty risk.
“Over a long enough timeline, the mortality rate is 100%”
00:24:45 - Gold & commodity risk “Gold miners are the enemy of gold owners”
00:30:37 - Gold Standard & stabilizing energy in solid state
00:32:07 - Businesses always strive to avoid being commoditized
00:33:07 - Facebook, Apple, Google networks vs Electricity & Water networks.
00:34:09 - Challenges of using Big Tech as a Store of Value
00:33:17 - Regulating Standard Oil, Electricity as utilities
00:36:23 - Summary of Gold Defects over time- Mining, Banks, Centralization, Politics
00:37:24 - Gold not fast enough (Bitcoin vs. Gold)
00:41:32 - Bitcoin is 1000x faster than Gold, 50,000x cheaper to move
00:42:22 - Bitcoin like Mass Transit system
00:43:17 - Bitcoin as a superconducting energy network
00:44:34 - Encrypted monetary energy has achieved escape velocity from the gravity well
00:45:54 - The most efficient system for channeling energy thru time & space
00:47:37 - Monetary Systems – Fiat vs. Gold vs. Bitcoin
00:50:37 - Finding more Gold & fracking more Oil
00:53:19 - Being a tech cynic is a losing trade “Malthusian Falacy”
00:54:55 - “Technology Fails until it Succeeds”
00:55:52 - Intellectual Mistake to run Money on Commodities rather than Math
00:57:02 - Bitcoin channels human ingenuity constructively
00:57:56 - Fiat (-99%) Gold (-95%)
Bitcoin is lossless over time w/healthy friction thru space
00:59:13 - Transaction fees are healthy and essential
00:59:43 - Bitcoin energy network vs. Real Estate energy network
Energy loss, transaction speed, fees in property network
01:02:52 - Challenges of using Property as Store of Value
01:03:39 - Future Bitcoin Transaction fees
Comparison to bond market, credit cards
01:04:37 - Cities are built at the central nodes of transaction networks
Free ports, customs fees & shipping through history
Real world considerations for transaction fees
Bitcoin transactions fees are competitive
01:08:10 - Bitcoin mining is a commodity business with risks
Mining fees are consensual, competitive, & constructive
01:10:35 - Robert’s Outro
01:47:21 - End

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00:00:00 - Episode Trailer
00:01:05 - Swan Bitcoin
00:03:22 - Robert's Intro
00:06:56 - The Warburgs & the importance of having control of your own capital
00:08:18 - George RR Martin SuperHero Theory from “Wild Cards”
00:09:19 - Indestructible trumps deadly
00:10:45 - Antifragile is superior – absorb your enemies capabilities
00:12:14 - Success of the U.S. in the 20th century wars
00:13:13 - Importance of fighting wars on foreign soil
00:14:22 - Impact of Geography on Geopolitics & Power
00:15:53 - Someone that can kill you that you can’t kill…
00:16:30 - Importance of Security to the Bitcoin network Be the indestructible, immortal blockchain
00:17:43 - Features can be attached to Bitcoin by 3rd Parties
00:20:26 - Humans triumph by channeling energy
00:20:35 - Control of the seas via naval power to deliver force stronger, faster, harder
00:21:35 - Control of the skies via air power – nations must control their own airspace
00:22:35 - Don’t want to be at the bottom of the gravity well
00:23:09 - Control of nuclear power
00:23:25 - Control of space power – satellites
00:24:05 - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress / TANSTAFL
00:25:26 - Tossing rocks down the gravity well
00:26:15 - The story of channeling (gravitational) energy to be harder, stronger, faster, smarter.
00:26:56 - ‘The Sovereign Individual’
00:29:02 - The Digital “High Seas”
00:30:16 - Technology Empowers Individual Sovereignty
00:32:08 - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
00:32:55 - Investing in S Curves
00:33:32 - Technology Fails Until it Succeeds
00:34:14 - Paradigm shifts often come at unexpected times in unexpected ways
00:35:08 - John Harrison & Discovering Longitude
00:37:12 - Establishment rejects new paradigms absent war or generational change
00:37:59 - “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”
00:39:19 - Robert's Outro
01:16:29 - The End

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build an intellectual foundation for grasping the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00 - Robert's Intro
00:04:19 - Humanity’s missteps – 1000 years wasted
00:06:19 - Struggles inventing the Printing Press
00:07:35 - Trajan’s Column & forgetting that the world is round
00:10:03 - Native Americans & Failure to Grasp the Wheel
00:12:19 - Starting a Fire in Cyberspace with the Bitcoin Network
00:13:39 - Guns, Germs & Steel – Stressors makes us Harder & Stronger
00:15:19 - Formation of Great Cities at the Center of Empires
00:17:19 - The Logic of Empire – Economics, Customs, Taxation
00:19:03 - Carthago Delenda Est
00:19:50 - The Battle of Lepanto
00:20:36 - Venetian Catholics
00:21:40 - Channeling & capturing energy via Religion
00:22:40 - Manhattan – Nexus of the Bond Market
00:24:05 - Amsterdam – Nautical Distribution Center
00:24:48 - Martin Luther & the Economic Impetus for the Reformation
“It’s useful to have God on your side”
00:26:53 - Failed Cities are at the center of Failed Empires
00:27:10 - Paris & Cathedral of Notre Dame
Living Off the Vestiges of an Empire Long Passed
00:28:10 - The Steel Age. “Technology reshapes business, politics, life, & the human condition”
00:28:41 - Constructing an energy efficient shipping network
00:30:49 - Empires produce security Mongolian Security
00:32:05 - Bitcoin primary value proposition is security in the virtual domain
00:33:20 - Money is power, control of virtual money can provide physical security
00:33:30 - Plight of the German Jews in the 30s – Economic Refugees
00:35:30 - Rail Networks – Impact on Economics, Politics, & War
00:36:40 - The River War – Winston Churchill
00:38:40 - Railroads in the United States (Manifest Destiny)
Railroads are 1000x faster, stronger
00:39:37 - Standard Oil (Storing & Channeling Energy via Petroleum)
00:41:14 - Importance of creating scarcity in oil & standardizing components & quality
00:42:49 - 1000x more energy. “Some people can’t do a nickel worth of work”
00:44:22 - Food Energy Networks
00:44:53 - Stabilizing Food Energy at Room Temperature
00:45:45 - Origin of CPG Branding
00:46:17 - Marjorie Merriweather Post
00:47:20 - Challenges of moving energy thru time & space
00:48:10 - Manufacturing Food Products as a Store of Value
00:48:30 - Hershey PA Factory as Clean Room Facility
00:50:54 - Bitcoin as “The best branded asset in the history of the world”
00:51:12 - Great growth companies are powered by technology
00:53:00 - Non-technology strategies to grow a business
00:54:18 - John D. Rockefeller success
00:54:51 - Steel & Aluminum – Elemental Forces
00:55:20 - Steel – Elemental to all Civil Engineering & Modern Architecture
00:56:25 - Challenges of refining steel
00:57:33 - Challenges of explosives
00:58:10 - Attributes of Steel that make it ideal for Civil Engineering
00:59:06 - Aluminum – Elemental to the Aerospace Industry
01:01:20 - Energy Networks – Rail, Air, Food, Oil
01:02:08 - Impact of Technology on Life Expectancy (1900 to 1950)
01:03:13 - Antibiotics & Conquest of Infectious Disease
01:06:30 - Innovation thru trial and error
01:07:00 - “The future is already with us, it’s just not evenly distributed”
01:07:07 - Robert's Outro
01:42:40 - The End

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build an intellectual foundation for grasping the significance of Bitcoin in the grand arc of history.

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer
00:01:03 - Robert's Intro
00:07:43 - Stone Age Technology
00:07:50 - The Digital Transformation of 2020: Currency & Covid Wars
00:13:08 - The rise of man against the brutality of nature
00:17:23 - Requirements for Survival in a Hostile Universe
00:19:12 - Significance of Fire: channeling chemical energy to evolve
00:21:28 - Foolishness of Heroics & Need to Channel Energy
00:23:48 - Modern arrogance & Paleolithic wisdom
00:25:48 - Energy efficient strategy critical for survival
00:26:44 - “Playing with Fire” is unique to humanity
00:27:17 - Spiritual significance of fire to civilization
00:28:59 - Significance of Missiles – channeling kinetic energy for survival
00:30:06 - Effectiveness of Slings & Arrows in the Ancient World
00:33:38 - Roman Slingers vs. Gaulic Tribes (Second Punic War)
00:34:31 - “Death from Above” :
On the Romantic ineffectiveness of close quarters weapons like swords & spears
00:37:10 - Survival Strategy with Missiles
00:38:54 - Dominant Technologies deliver force harder, faster, stronger, smarter
Superiority of Digital Gold vs. Physical Gold
00:40:36 - Significance of Hydraulics- channeling gravitational energy via water
00:41:51 - MIT’s Mascot – The Beaver “Nature’s Engineer” channeling water
00:44:05 - Significance of Water to Humanity – Water is Wealth
00:44:46 - Challenges of Life in the Desert – Water is Elemental to Life
00:47:26 - Hunter/Gatherer Myths – a better survival strategy based on channeling water
00:49:54 - Water for food, drink, protection, farming lobsters
00:52:36 - “Nature tends to pursue the most energy efficient strategy”
00:53:15 - Building the pyramids by channeling gravitational energy
00:55:06 - Water for Sanitation – Critical to Civilization - Santorini Epiphany
00:57:40 - Limits of Animal Power – Design of Ancient Cities
00:58:57 - Significance of the Roman Equestrian Class – Ancient Clean Energy
00:59:59 - Mediterranean as the Cradle of Civilization, Ancient Empires
01:03:22 - Agriculture – Orchards & Ponds
01:04:36 - Human Adaptation to Natural Requirements to Survive
01:06:28 - “3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, 3 months without food”
01:08:20 - Roman Superiority in the Ancient World –“Most Organized Society in Ancient World”
01:08:43 - Roman Politics & Natural Life Cycle “The Ides of March”
Elections, Religion, Celebration, Taxation, Training, Campaigning
01:12:02 - Roman Roles, Consensus Rules & Balance of Power, Antifragility
01:13:26 - Annual Patterns, Natural Life Cycles, Replenishment & Revitalization
01:14:26 - Virtues of Equity & Opportunity, Perils of Centralized Power, Corruption
Romans are Antifragile
01:16:01 - Benefits of Term Limits & Wisdom of Military Career System
(Darwinian Progression)
01:18:08 - Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Management Wisdom
01:21:04 - “Everyone needs their turn” - inspiring hope and devotion
01:22:19 - Benefits of Decentralization & equal opportunity
“Graveyards are full of tombstones of indispensable men”
01:24:09 - Roman Dignity, Pride, & Honor -Citizenship & Submission to Nature
01:24:45 - Romans suffered no Kings – Accountability
Roman System bred Harder, Stronger, Faster, Smarter Individuals
01:27:43 - Roman Army “There was never such thing as a fair fight”
Standard tools, techniques – the most organized ancient army
01:30:33 - Roman Military Industrial Complex – Creation of the Roman Navy
01:32:42 - War has a way of quickening innovation & activity – Stealing good ideas
01:33:44 - Roman Roads & Standardized Logistics
01:37:27 - Darwinian & Competitive Advantages of Standardized Protocols
01:39:26 - Roman Aqueducts & Roman Engineering
Credo of the Engineer “Construct a better world”
01:41:21 - The Bridge at Alcantara “This bridge will stand for all time”
01:42:49 - Breakdown of the Political & Monetary Protocols & Decline of Rome
01:44:42 - The importance of weights, measures, & truth (Taleb)
Importance of respect for natural law to societal health
01:45:29 - Consequences of breaking the laws of nature
01:46:57 - Perils of growth in the political & legal apparatus
01:47:42 - The virtues of pain, dangers of attempting to suppress signal (Taleb)
Law of Gravity cannot be Suspended
01:49:42 - Robert's outro
02:20:57 - The End

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