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Who Will Thrive in a Post-AI World? The Dawn of AI w/ Matt McDonagh (WiM566)

The "What is Money?" Show

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Message Distortion and Bitcoin's Solution

This chapter explores the challenges of message distortion in networks, comparing it to the Byzantine generals problem, and discusses how Bitcoin's decentralized blockchain addresses these issues. It brings in philosophical concepts of invention versus discovery in relation to Bitcoin, using the historical analogy of the number zero to illustrate its impact on economic and social paradigms. The conversation broadens to include implications of simulation theory and human creativity, examining the intersections between technology, mathematics, and philosophical inquiry.

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