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.

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GUEST
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CHANNEL
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 Analog vs. Digital Monetary System
00:03:21 Dematerializing Accountants and Auditors
00:05:13 Dematerializing the Compliance Function
00:07:46 Dematerializing Information Technology
00:08:25 Dematerializing Human Resources
00:10:15 Dematerializing Security and Facilities
00:13:56 Bitcoin is Apex Property: Self-Security and Non-Locality
00:16:09 The Game Theory of Stealing Bitcoin
00:17:26 “Property that Encourages Peaceful Resolution”
00:19:07 Physical Property Invites Violence
00:22:13 The Game Theory of Bitcoin makes it Anti-Violence
00:22:56 Bitcoin Dematerializes Bank and Government Functions
00:24:36 Dematerializing Police and Military
00:25:48 Bitcoin as a Multinational Money Network
00:27:29 Settling Geopolitical Disputes Without War
00:29:11 The Economic Crystallization of Consensus on Property
00:32:33 Bitcoin as “The Spoils of Peace”
00:34:08 The Proof of Work Model
00:36:22 Bitcoin is a Microcosm of Capitalism
00:39:20 Bitcoin as a First-Order Negative Feedback Loop
00:40:53 Capitalism is Based on Nature
00:42:46 Bitcoin Outcompetes Due to its Adaptivity
00:45:06 Bitcoin: A Self-Correcting Adaptive Control System
00:48:41 Nature is Thermodynamically Conservative, Fiat is Not
00:52:16 “Bitcoin is Cybernetic Life” that Cannot be Caged
00:55:24 Robert’s Outro

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