The "What is Money?" Show

Will Casarin, Bitcoin and Lightning developer and founder of Damus, joins the show to discuss the freedom of speech in cyberspace, counterparty risks with data monopolies, and the future of social media. They explore Nostr, a decentralized platform, and its architectural comparison to Bitcoin. The conversation delves into the functional properties of Zap, a paradigm shift in messaging systems, and the conflict with iOS. They also emphasize the importance of free speech and decentralized technology in achieving true online freedom.

Robert Breedlove, bitcoin enthusiast, discusses freedom maximalism, property rights, taxation as theft, and the pros and cons of Bitcoin. They explore the impact of technology on government, the significance of property rights, and why Bitcoin is unique. The podcast also delves into the role of central banks, the history of currency, and Bitcoin's impact on legal systems and personal relationships.

Luke Broyles, author, investor, philosopher, and Bitcoin thinker, joins to discuss the history of monetary addiction, scarcity in Bitcoin, technology connecting us with past and future, and the game theory of Bitcoin.

Justin Orkney, Commercial Director at Standard Power, discusses Bitcoin mining, its impact on power grids, different types of mining, and its positive influence on rural revitalization. They explore Bitcoin's compatibility with power grids, its role as a digital commodity, and the security of iCoin Hardware Wallet. They also touch on cooling methods in mining, the benefits for power grids, and Bitcoin's potential to improve the US power grid.

Joel Rafidi, co-host of Here For The Truth podcast, discusses Atlas Shrugged, living a truthful life, collectivism vs. individualism, and Bitcoin's value as incorruptible money. Topics include the importance of verifiable truth, the benefits of living truthfully, the false notion of the greater good, and the emotional dimensions of money.

Jeff Deist discusses the weaponization of fiat money, impact of gold-backed currency, shortcomings of democracy. Market defines money, fiat money is weaponized money. Bitcoin as money, adoption challenges. Debates on cryptocurrency replacing traditional currency, privacy infringement, flaws of democracy and its impact on free speech.

Mikki Willis, producer of Plandemic, discusses self-responsibility, protecting against social engineering, and the collective act of mass formation. They explore the battle between individualism and collectivism, the importance of informed spending as a form of voting, and the dangers of central banking. The conversation also touches on aligning with divine intelligence and the power of storytelling.

Keith Knight joins me to discuss the Voluntaryist Handbook. This Handbook covers several prominent libertarian essays on topics such as: the deceptive tendencies of the state, the definition of the free market, the conflict of collectivism, and six questions for the statists. Keith Knight is the organizer of the Voluntaryist Handbook. He is also the Managing Editor at Libertarian Institute. // GUEST // Voluntaryist Handbook: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/voluntaryist-handbook/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/an_capitalist Website: https://odysee.com/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/ Wasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/ Casa (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/ Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/ Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.com Carnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/ // OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:21 - Intro 00:01:55 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:02:41 - Introducing Keith Knight 00:03:31 - Coercivists and Voluntaryists 00:07:01 - Divide and Conquer by the State 00:10:42 - Why the State Always Lies 00:12:36 - Statism is an Emergent Property 00:15:50 - Unpacking the Notion of Free Market 00:19:32 - Running a Business in the Free Market 00:22:35 - The Line Between Greed and Self-Interest 00:25:30 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:26:26 - Three Thought Experiments 00:30:13 - Explaining Statism and Taxation in Layman’s Terms 00:34:23 - Individualism and the War of Collectivism 00:39:42 - Low-Resolution Depiction of Reality 00:43:38 - The Slavery of Conscription 00:48:10 - Redrafting in the United States 00:49:08 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 00:49:59 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 00:50:47 - Private Governance 00:54:00 - The Cooperation of Competitors 00:55:26 - A Real-Life Example of Private Property Violation 00:59:08 - The Game of Incentive 01:00:42 - Six Questions for Statists 01:02:06 - Solving the Problem in Question 01:04:04 - Applying Anarchic Solution 01:05:22 - Questioning Individual Action 01:07:09 - Voluntarily Coercive 01:08:13 - Does Political Organization Change Human Nature? 01:11:00 - Where to find Keith's Work on the Internet// PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE? RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/// SOCIAL // Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22 All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22

Rob Henderson joins me to discuss the nature of mimetic desire, the underlying purpose of advertisement, and the notion of agreeableness and disagreeableness. Rob Henderson is a writer and psychologist. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. // GUEST // Twitter: https://twitter.com/robkhenderson Newsletter: https://www.robkhenderson.com/// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/ Wasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/ Casa (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/ Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/ Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.com Carnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/ // OUTLINE // 00:00 - Coming up 00:47 - Intro 02:20 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 03:06 - Introducing Rob Henderson 03:30 - What is Mimesis? 05:46 - The Nature of Mimetic Desire 07:16 - Psychological Impact of Advertising 08:25 - The Celebrity Flywheel Effect 11:25 - Followers: Quality over Quantity 12:17 - The Underlying Purpose of Advertising 14:38 - Secondary Effect of Advertising 16:03 - The Mirror Phase and Mimesis 19:58 - Imitation: From Survival to Prestige-Bias 23:37 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 24:33 - Influence of Incentive and Technological Evolution 29:42 - Changing the Incentive Structure 32:13 - Anti-Mimesis: Doing the Opposite 35:03 - Agreeableness and Disagreeableness 37:34 - Effects of Evolutionary Impulse on Agreeableness 42:07 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 42:58 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 43:47 - How Parents Can Navigate Child's Adolescence 47:00 - Temporal Nature of Emotions in Teenage Years 48:00 - Connection between Mimetic Desire and Rituals 50:37 - Mimesis of Social Media 52:48 - The Model of Desire 54:02 - Where to Find Rob on the Internet// PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE? RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/// SOCIAL // Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22 All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22

Stephen Hicks joins me to discuss the philosophy of money, the morality of money and business, the importance of philosophical education, and why Bitcoin might be a sly roundabout way to take money out of the hands of The State. Stephen Hicks is a professor of philosophy and the Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford University. He is the author of 'Nietzsche and the Nazis.' // GUEST // Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRCHicks Website: http://www.stephenhicks.org/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CEEChannel// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/Gold Investment Letter: https://www.goldinvestmentletter.com/ iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/ Wasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/ Casa (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/ Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/ Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.com Carnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/ // OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:23 - Intro 00:01:56 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:02:43 - Introducing Stephen Hicks 00:03:12 - The Philosophy of Money 00:06:29 - Money: A Social and Cultural Achievement 00:08:39 - Centrally Designed Money vs. Emergent Money 00:13:26 - The Origin of Money 00:18:42 - Money: A Language of Value 00:21:30 - The Resemblance between Money and Books 00:23:55 - The Morality of Money 00:33:56 - Money in Ancient Greece and Sparta 00:36:49 - The Greater Good Fallacy 00:41:05 - Individual Will vs. Collective Will 00:43:23 - The Utilitarian Standard 00:46:20 - Individualism Projects the Highest Resolution 00:49:11 - Maximize Your Profits with Gold Investment Letter 00:50:05 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:51:01 - The Noble Lie 00:52:01 - Bootleggers and Baptists 00:55:25 - The Naivety of the Baptists 00:57:56 - The Philosophical Controversy of Money 01:01:06 - A Cognitive Hierarchy and Measuring the Value 01:07:20 - Apprehending the Value of Knowledge 01:10:31 - The Laziness Factor and Business Efficiency 01:15:10 - The Ethics of Business 01:15:56 - Lending & Borrowing 01:22:28 - Morality of Business and Money 01:25:35 - The Inherent Value 01:29:11 - Free Market Capitalism Promotes Individualism 01:32:20 - The Desire for a Centralized Authority 01:35:25 - Secularism of the Central Planners 01:37:34 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 01:38:26 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 01:39:14 - Value Judgment 01:42:58 - The Difference between Government and State 01:46:52 - The Legitimacy of Using Force 01:49:10 - The Proper Role of the State 01:50:40 - Restraining the State within the Moral Scope 01:55:14 - The Importance of Philosophical Education 01:59:25 - The Proverbial Cycle of Men and Time 02:03:00 - Still on the Learning Curve 02:04:23 - Proper Education for Children 02:06:26 - Can Bitcoin Restrain the Government? 02:09:18 - The Political Risks to Bitcoin 02:12:20 - Where to Find Stephen on the Internet// PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE? RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/// SOCIAL // Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22 All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22