Narratology and the Role of Mythos

Max Borders joins me to discuss the bloodless revolution of Bitcoin, the development of morality, how incentives influence people, and the pursuit of happiness. 

Max Borders is the author of The Social Singularity and Underthrow. He is also the Executive Director at Social Evolution. 

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// OUTLINE // 
00:00:00 - Coming up 
00:00:40 - Intro 
00:02:13 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 
00:02:59 - Introducing Max Borders 
00:03:32 - Underthrow: What & Why? 
00:06:10 - Gandhi's Truth Force 
00:07:48 - Bitcoin is a Bloodless Revolution 
00:09:06- A Subversive Innovation 
00:12:05 - Anarchy vs 'Panarchy' 
00:16:50 - Bitcoin Changes the Incentives and Morality 
00:19:00 - What is Panarchy? 
00:23:05 - Free Market Policy and Statism 
00:26:57 - Protection Racket of the State 
00:29:10 - Coercion is Inevitable 
00:31:02 - Advantages and Disadvantages of Statism 
00:34:26 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 
00:35:22 - How Bitcoin Undermines the State Paradigm 
00:39:40 - The Blanket of Morality 
00:42:34 - Role of Religion in Moral Intuition 
00:47:17 - Replacing Religion with Politics 
00:49:46 - GOD vs GOV 
00:51:01 - Material Incentives & Moral Orders 
00:56:47 - Changing the Incentives 
01:00:32 - Development of Morality 
01:03:02 - Genetic Predisposition 
01:05:58 - Effects of Centralization 
01:08:35 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 
01:09:27 - Alexander Bard's Notion of Narratology 
01:14:45 - Reviving the Original Intent of the Constitution 
01:18:07 - The Pursuit of Happiness 
01:20:34 - The Constitution of Consent Contest 
01:23:10 - Where to Find Max on the Internet

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