A History of Technology-Driven Social Movements with Brian De Mint (WiM360)
The "What is Money?" Show
The Endless Journey of Technological Progress and the Seeds of Democracy
Exploring the concept of continuous advancement in technology and its similarity to pro-democracy movements, with a focus on the role of anonymity in spreading ideas in oppressive societies.
Brian De Mint joins me to discuss the impact of technology on society, the psychology of totalitarianism, the importance of self-responsibility, and the incentive structure of Bitcoin.
Brian is an entrepreneur with a decade of market strategy experience. He is the author of Bitcoin Evangelism and works as the head of Marketing at Orange Pill App.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianDeMint
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:50 - Intro
00:02:24 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:03:10 - Introducing Brian De Mint
00:03:59 - Calling Out Robert for a Boxing Match
00:05:22 - Career Background and Getting into Bitcoin
00:07:32 - The Lure of Bitcoin Rabbit Hole
00:09:16 - Protestant Reformation of the Catholic Church
00:13:49 - How Technology Changes an Existing System
00:17:28 - Ideology Fuels Human Action
00:18:28 - Suppression Leads to Proliferation
00:21:54 - Adapting the Monopoly
00:25:23 - Putting the Pieces Together
00:27:31 - How Decentralized Underground Railroads Liberated the Slaves
00:31:33 - Bitcoin: An Idea Beyond Human Control
00:36:02 - The Delusions of Totalitarianism
00:39:31 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:40:28 - 1980s Artworks of Prodemocracy Movements
00:44:16 - The Minority Rule
00:47:22 - The Spartacus Effect
00:52:40 - Alignment of Selfishness and Selflessness
00:54:16 - The Psychology of Totalitarianism
00:56:15 - Four Steps of Mass Formation
00:59:56 - Why We Need Peer-to-Peer Interaction
01:03:07 - The Importance of Self-Responsibility
01:05:19 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet
01:06:07 - Social Conformity Experiments
01:11:42 - How Incentives Influence General Patterns of Human Behaviour
01:16:03 - The Intersection of Bitcoin and the Social Change Movement
01:19:11 - Bitcoin's Underlying Incentives
01:23:25 - Morality of Telling the Truth
01:26:15 - Where to Find Brian on the Internet
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