WiM003 - The Saylor Series | Episode 3 | Technology Themes through History – Harder, Smarter, Faster, Stronger

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Dec 7, 2020

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INSIGHT

Digital Space as High Seas

Digital space acts like the high seas, allowing for frictionless movement and interaction. This environment empowers individuals and diminishes governmental control over information and capital.

ADVICE

Taking Custody of Bitcoin

Always take custody of your Bitcoin to ensure security and ownership. Moving Bitcoin into self-sovereign custody protects it from exchanges, which only provide IOUs.

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Defensive Technology

Over time, defensive attributes in technology become more crucial than offensive ones. The evolution of technology emphasizes resilience and protection.

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Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer
00:01:05 - Swan Bitcoin
00:03:22 - Robert's Intro
00:06:56 - The Warburgs & the importance of having control of your own capital
00:08:18 - George RR Martin SuperHero Theory from “Wild Cards”
00:09:19 - Indestructible trumps deadly
00:10:45 - Antifragile is superior – absorb your enemies capabilities
00:12:14 - Success of the U.S. in the 20th century wars
00:13:13 - Importance of fighting wars on foreign soil
00:14:22 - Impact of Geography on Geopolitics & Power
00:15:53 - Someone that can kill you that you can’t kill…
00:16:30 - Importance of Security to the Bitcoin network Be the indestructible, immortal blockchain
00:17:43 - Features can be attached to Bitcoin by 3rd Parties
00:20:26 - Humans triumph by channeling energy
00:20:35 - Control of the seas via naval power to deliver force stronger, faster, harder
00:21:35 - Control of the skies via air power – nations must control their own airspace
00:22:35 - Don’t want to be at the bottom of the gravity well
00:23:09 - Control of nuclear power
00:23:25 - Control of space power – satellites
00:24:05 - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress / TANSTAFL
00:25:26 - Tossing rocks down the gravity well
00:26:15 - The story of channeling (gravitational) energy to be harder, stronger, faster, smarter.
00:26:56 - ‘The Sovereign Individual’
00:29:02 - The Digital “High Seas”
00:30:16 - Technology Empowers Individual Sovereignty
00:32:08 - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
00:32:55 - Investing in S Curves
00:33:32 - Technology Fails Until it Succeeds
00:34:14 - Paradigm shifts often come at unexpected times in unexpected ways
00:35:08 - John Harrison & Discovering Longitude
00:37:12 - Establishment rejects new paradigms absent war or generational change
00:37:59 - “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”
00:39:19 - Robert's Outro
01:16:29 - The End

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