The "What is Money?" Show Softwar: Bitcoin as Non-Lethal Warfare with Jason Lowery (WiM315)
Warfare's Purpose
- Warfare's purpose is resolving resource disputes and establishing power hierarchies, relating to property and beliefs.
- This relates to Jason Lowery's book, "Softwar", exploring warfare's function and evolving forms.
Nature of Warfare
- Warfare is natural, driven by scarce resources and competition for survival.
- Power projection, or exerting energy to secure resources through force, is fundamental to life.
Human Evolution & Warfare
- Humans, despite physical weakness, developed intelligence and harnessed external power sources like fire.
- This allowed for cooking, increased energy intake, and higher-order intentionality, like predicting prey's actions.
In this episode, Jason Lowery joins me to discuss the evolution of warfare and power projection, the future of national security, and why Bitcoin is the most efficient power projection technology.
Jason Lowery is US Space Force officer & astronautical engineer striving to preserve US dominance in the digital age.
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00:00:00 - Coming up
00:01:17 - Intro
00:02:50 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:03:36 - Introducing Jason Lowery
00:05:18 - Understanding the Function of Warfare
00:07:54 - Power Projection is a Fundamental Aspect of Life
00:11:21 - How Human Vulnerabilities Led to Outsourcing of Power Projection
00:13:43 - Development of Human Consciousness and Experiential Knowledge
00:14:45 - Higher-Order Intentionality and High Theory of Mind
00:17:46 - Humans are Walking Contradictions
00:24:20 - Adopting a Common Belief System to Settle Disputes
00:30:04 - Why Ineffectiveness of Trust-Based System Leads to Conflict
00:32:40 - The Function of War
00:33:42 - The Form Changes, But the Function Remains Constant
00:34:42 - Warfare Leads to Decentralization of Authority
00:36:50 - Warfare is a Weapon against Oppression
00:40:21 - Systemic Exploitation through Domestication
00:44:13 - The Butterfly Effect of Domestication
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00:48:44 - The Importance of Intelligence in Warfare
00:54:27 - Active vs. Passive Power Projection Systems
00:59:51 - The Evolution of Power Projection through Land, Sea, and Air
01:02:40 - Adapt or Die
01:06:43 - The Asymmetry of the Power Projection Game
01:10:36 - How Billy Mitchell Sparked a Revolution in Warfare
01:15:24 - Expanding the Power Projection Game into Space
01:17:04 - The Future of National Security is Cybersecurity
01:19:08 - The Paradox of Nuclear Weapons
01:23:30 - The Future of Warfare and Security
01:31:27 - Why Bitcoin is Far More than a New Form of Money?
01:34:25 - Bitcoin is the Most Efficient Power Projection Tool
01:36:52 - Softwar: A Non-Lethal Warfare through Bitcoin
01:42:56 - The Art of Maneuver Warfare
01:44:37 - Bitcoin is Inevitable
01:46:08 - How Bitcoin Complies with the Second Amendment
01:48:19 - Why Bitcoin Can't Be Outlawed
01:51:37 - Reframing Bitcoin as a Cyberspace Technology
01:54:49 - The Primary Concept of the Book, ‘Softwar’
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01:58:04 - Why Bitcoin is the Obvious Solution
02:09:42 - Bitcoin is the Macro-Chip of the Global Mega Computer
02:15:00 - We Are Missing the Bigger Picture
02:19:32 - Bitcoin is a Global Base-Layer Power Protocol
02:23:02 - The Strangler Fig Pattern of the Bitcoin Network
02:25:22 - The Bitcoin-Answer to the Question: What is Money?
02:28:14 - Bitcoin is the Future of Maneuver Warfare
02:31:30 - Where to Find Jason’s Work
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