WiM035 – Energy, Money, and Philosophy with Alex Epstein

Alex Epstein joins me for a deep conversation about fossil fuels, renewable energy, money, philosophy, history, and more.

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GUEST
Alex's twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein
Alex's Website: https://energytalkingpoints.com/

CHANNEL
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Transcript:

EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 The First Principles of Energy
00:04:31 The Relationship Between Humans and Nature
00:07:25 Pursuing What is Best for Humans
00:11:54 The Intellectual Package Deal
00:21:43 The 20th Century Left’s Anti-Capitalist Propaganda
00:29:03 Philosophical Utilitarians vs. The Individual Rights Perspective
00:35:27 The Parallel Between Energy and Currency
00:39:10 The Socially Objective Value and The Role of Government in Economics
00:47:25 Bitcoin’s Natural Resistance to Violence
00:52:38 The Distortion of Money
00:56:19 The Unspoken Costs of Alternative Sources of Energy
01:05:57 Freedom of Competition
01:14:42 The Philosophical Foundations of Economics
01:18:42 The World Economic Forum Propaganda Against Property
01:25:05 The Dominance of Fossil Fuel
01:41:30 Sacrificing Humans to the Idea of an Impacted Climate
01:50:02 Defining Sacrifice as The Surrender of Value
01:58:50 The Disingenuousness of Human Motives
02:03:47 Catastrophe Predictions
02:05:21 Inflation and Taxation as Modern Forms of Servitude
02:10:20 Fiat Currency: Costless Money
02:14:27 The 100% Renewable Energy Fraud
02:19:50 Power Purchase Agreements and The Grid Accounting Fraud
02:24:02 The Climate Mastery Ability and Global Warming
02:27:03 Are We Causing a Rate of Change that is Overly Disruptive?
02:33:25 Capital Misallocation as an Anti-Human Viewpoint
02:35:46 The Human Flourishing Project

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