Andrew Bustamante joins me to discuss his life in the CIA, the current geopolitical issues, conspiracy theories, and how to become an everyday spy.

Andrew Bustamante is a US Air Force Academy graduate, former covert CIA intelligence officer, decorated wartime military veteran, and successful Fortune 10 corporate advisor.

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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:49 - Intro
00:02:23 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:03:08 - Introducing Andrew Bustamante
00:04:11 - The Career Background of Andrew Bustamante
00:08:31 - Money is an Opportunity
00:11:07 - Equal Opportunity is a Fiction
00:14:49 - Instead of Equality, We Need Fairness
00:18:21 - How Equality Can Lead to Unfairness
00:21:26 - The Question of Gender Fluidity
00:23:32 - Productivity Should Be the Ultimate Goal
00:26:41 - The Story of Everyday Spy
00:31:00 - Category of Spy Tools and Skills
00:33:04 - Skills Get Embedded into the Spies
00:35:26 - Good Business leads to Good Productivity
00:37:00 - Introduction to Everyday Espionage
00:38:44 - The Correlation between Everyday Spy and Everyday Espionage
00:41:52 - The Secret to Disguises
00:43:11 - China: The Next Global Superpower?
00:48:27 - The Geopolitical Situation of Taiwan
00:53:20 - How the U.S. is Responding to Technological War
00:55:54 - Digital War between the U.S. and China
01:00:09 - Maximize Your Profits with Gold Investment Letter
01:01:06 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
01:02:03 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:03:04 - Will the Semiconductor Business Lead to A Conflict?
01:05:21 - Decentralized Economy Deters Military Warfare
01:08:21 - How to Counter the Drawbacks of Decentralization
01:11:40 - Bitcoin is a Net Benefit for Humanity
01:14:34 - The Social Triangle: Increased Efficiency but Decreased Freedom
01:19:06 - Slavery is Imprinted in Human History
01:21:18 - Human Condition: A Battle between Thriving and Surviving
01:28:57 - How Bitcoin Shifts the Balance of Power
01:34:43 - The Actual Situation of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
01:39:54 - Economic Motivations for Armed Conflict
01:43:52 - How Supply Chain Will Impact Future Conflicts
01:45:30 - How an Average Person Can Defy the Uncertain Future
01:49:38 - We Need to Invest in Unseizable Assets
01:51:30 - Government's Broken Incentives and Incompetence
01:55:57 - The Recipe for Conspiracy and Self-Deception
01:58:42 - Debugging Some Conspiracy Theories
02:04:55 - The Economic Incentive behind the Moon Landing
02:06:58 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet
02:07:50 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa
02:08:38 - The Significance of Learning Thy Enemy
02:15:04 - We Bend the Truth to Justify our Action
02:18:47 - Human PSYOPS: The Constant Need for Acceptance
02:21:37 - Espionage is the Game of Secret Life
02:26:46 - Know Like Trust: The Process of Infiltrating or Protecting the Secret Life
02:30:38 - The Framework of Discussing the Secret Life
02:31:44 - The Core Motivators to Control Human Behaviors
02:38:06 - The Ideology of Money
02:40:50 - How the CIA Transformed Andrew Bustamante
02:45:28 - The Life after the CIA
02:48:09 - Unplugged Moments from the Matrix
02:49:01 - Future Life Goals of Andrew
02:52:51 - Where to Find Andrew on the Internet

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