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#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Toxicity Is a Funny Word

I think very fundamentally that all of our decisions, we alluded to earlier that every decision is an expression of value or a reaction we take, they ultimately come from fear or love. Fear would be something much more in the biological domain where it's like we're trying to protect ego and behave selfishly. Whereas something like love is much, it's morally superior in that it's more selfless. And that's why I actually think Christ, that is the highest moral aim, right? He met all of the vitriol in life, you know, betrayal, hate, violence, he met it all with love and he met it with compassion.

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