The "What is Money?" Show Your Time is Being Stolen — Bitcoin Fixes This w/ Scott Dedels
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Aug 26, 2025 Scott Dedels, author of 'The Dao of Bitcoin' and a passionate Bitcoin advocate, shares his insights on the relationship between Bitcoin, time, and human consciousness. He explores how traditional financial systems manipulate time, leading to a deeper discussion on Bitcoin as a liberating force that preserves value. The conversation highlights Bitcoin's potential to reshape our understanding of wealth, artistic creativity, and societal priorities. Dedels emphasizes a shift towards valuing meaningful investments over material possessions, proposing Bitcoin as a transformative tool for personal and collective fulfillment.
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Clock-Invented Time Commodification
- The mechanical clock (pendulum, 1657) enabled commodifying human time and synchronized mass labor and schooling.
- Bitcoin offers a new, stable clock-money that can reframe society's valuation of time and encourage long-term thinking.
Bitcoin As A Timekeeping Money
- Bitcoin creates a fixed monetary reference that makes time the appreciating variable rather than money losing value.
- That shift lowers subjective time preference and encourages spending time on higher-quality, long-term activities.
Protect Your Time By Choosing Money
- Stop storing your life savings in debasing fiat and consider saving in sound money like Bitcoin.
- Preserve your time and energy by choosing a money that won't silently steal your purchasing power.
