Navigating Complexity: From Knowledge to Cryptocurrency

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This chapter explores a wide array of topics, from the importance of history amidst the unraveling of Christianity in culture to the potential empowerment of individuals through cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. It delves into governance, human nature, and hypothetical scenarios, touching on political theology, metaphysical reasoning, and the significance of historical messages. Additionally, it discusses the evolving dynamics of violence, force exertion, and decentralization trends in technology, reflecting on the impact of centralization versus decentralization on societal structures and power dynamics.

In this conversation recorded live in Miami, Tyler and Peter Thiel dive deep into the complexities of political theology, including why it’s a concept we still need today, why Peter’s against Calvinism (and rationalism), whether the Old Testament should lead us to be woke, why Carl Schmitt is enjoying a resurgence, whether we’re entering a new age of millenarian thought, the one existential risk Peter thinks we’re overlooking, why everyone just muddling through leads to disaster, the role of the katechon, the political vision in Shakespeare, how AI will affect the influence of wordcels, Straussian messages in the Bible, what worries Peter about Miami, and more.

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Recorded February 21st, 2024.

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