Author James Davidson joins me for another conversation exploring topics from his prescient book “The Sovereign Individual."Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUESTJames’ Investment Newsletter: https://strategicinvestment.com/page/str/ PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript: OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 The Overlap of Economic, Political, and Mega-Political Games00:08:35 Considering Cyber Warfare and the Current Russia-Ukraine Turmoil00:15:33 Did Russia Not Anticipate the Suspension of SWIFT?00:20:37 Predicting Bitcoin as the Ultimate Offshore Bank00:26:20 21st Century Taxpayers "Growing Wings"00:32:14 Will Bitcoin Co-Exist With Fiat?00:37:04 “Efficiency Will Become More Important Than the Dictates of Power”00:47:06 The Scale of Violence Changes in a Cashless World00:58:37 NYDIG00:59:45 The Connection of Microbes and Technology as Mega-Political Variables01:06:16 “People Have a Way of Knowing When Their Bread is Buttered”01:11:04 Smaller, Micro-Processed Entities Will be More Efficient Than Nation-States01:23:19 How Would We Reach a Point of Dissolution?01:28:53 Pension Will Become a Lesser Factor in Decision-Making01:35:53 Bitcoin Will Transform Violence-Dependent Democracy01:41:07 Register with James for Success-Backed Forecasting01:46:55 “What is Money?” OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22 WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

James Davidson joins me to discuss themes from his book “The Sovereign Individual” that touch on mega political variables, changing powers in the world, and predictions of his about the 21st century. This conversation is a re-airing that was originally released on Real Vision.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUESTJames’ Investment Newsletter: https://strategicinvestment.com/page/str/ PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript: OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Introducing James Davidson’s Book “The Sovereign Individual”00:03:30 Governance Structure Scale: Gunpowder and Violence00:08:48 Rules Instead of Rulers Will Render Institutions Anachronistic00:14:32 Being Sovereign Individuals in the Era of Decentralization00:20:19 Market Forces Driven by Bitcoin Post-Industrial Capitalism00:28:40 Will Encryption Lead Us to a More Peaceful World?00:33:54 NYDIG00:35:02 States and Crony Capitalists Fight For Relevance in the Digital Age00:42:35 Modern Censorship and how “Cancel Culture" is Really Stupid00:48:09 James’ Thoughts on the Accelerated Pace of Cryptocurrency Adoption00:54:14 Predicting City States and Modern Healthcare01:01:22 A Brief Discussion on James’ Writing and Past Market Predictions01:07:04 “What is Money?” OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22 WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

Brandon Quittem joins me for a discussion to deconstruct the often misunderstood relationship between energy and Bitcoin. This conversation also touches on points from Brandon’s article “Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species” where he uses an ecological framework to map out the abundant future of Bitcoin mining. (apologies: we lost Robert's camera footage on this episode)Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUESTBrandon’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BquittemBrandon’s Writing: https://brandonquittem.com/Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species: https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times/bitcoin-is-a-pioneer-species-38f42ecdbb88 PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript: OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Why Use Biology and Evolution as a Lens for Bitcoin Mining?00:05:23 Energy Kickstarts Life, Wealth, and Bitcoin00:10:10 Who is the Scapegoat for Blame in an Unevenly Distributed Economy…00:15:08 “Bitcoin Mining is Everything You Don’t Understand About Energy”00:20:01 Disconnecting More Energy as More Pollution00:24:31 Kearney, Nebraska: A Town Benefiting from Bitcoin Mining00:28:01 Three Unique Traits of Bitcoin Miners as Attractive First and Last Resort Energy Buyers00:35:33 How Bitcoin Miners Act as a Pioneer Species to Resurrect Deserted Land00:38:43 Complex Systems Come From Accumulated Trade and Exchange00:42:36 Traditional Cities and Network States: Parallels of Succession in Modern Society00:49:42 Bitcoin Energy Sponge: More Energy is Wasted Than Consumed on an Average Day00:56:06 The Great Spreading Out and the Concept of Self-Sovereign Network States01:03:31 NYDIG01:04:39 The Carrot to Warfare is Smaller in the World of Network States01:09:23 Bitcoin Incentives and the Moral Equivalent of War01:13:30 A Fatal Deceit is That Policy is the Only Way to Order01:18:00 The Mining Synthesis Monetizes Energy for an Abundant Future01:25:17 “What is Money?” OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22 WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

Mike Hill joins for me for a multi-episode exploration of the masterful book “Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals” written by best-selling author Robert Pirsig. This book may be one of the most undervalued ever written, as it proposes an alternative interpretation of reality that Pirsig calls “The Metaphysics of Quality” (MOQ). According to MOQ, reality is not made up of substance, but rather it is composed of distinct patterns of value. In a Copernican-like revolution of perspective, MOQ sheds new light on age-old debates such as moral relativism, the nature of subject-object duality, good vs. evil, science vs. religion, the importance of freedom, and the primacy of action.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTMike’s Website: https://www.mikehill.design/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 A Purpose of Evil is to Test the Integrity of the Good00:06:09 Christ on the Cross as Emblematic of the Dynamic Tension of Being Human00:07:37 Society Frees Individuals from the Biological Chains of Necessity00:10:28 The Dynamic Tension Between The Individual and Society00:14:35 Authoritarian Government as a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing00:16:54 Evaluating the Sovereign Individual through the Lens of MoQ00:19:55 “Every Consciousness is a Center of the Universe”00:22:16 A High Quality Socioeconomic System Assimilates a Maximal Quantity of Perspectives00:25:25 A Human Being is a Collection of Ideas…00:27:07 NYDIG00:28:15 The Dynamic Tension Between the Biological and Social Layers00:32:30 The Role of Totalitarianism in the Bootstrapping of Societies00:36:22 Conditions of Oppression as a Precursor to Liberation00:39:09 Nietzsche’s Three Metamorphoses: The Camel, The Lion, and The Child00:43:17 “The Moral Equivalent of War” and Life as Disobedience to Gravity00:46:35 The Dynamic Tension Between Central Banking and Bitcoin00:51:57 What Happens after The Lion Becomes The Child?00:53:31 “What is Money?” OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

Tuur Demeester joins me for a conversation on philosophy, argumentation ethics, and the 4 causes of conflict and universal solutions in relation to property and self-ownership. Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUESTTuur’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeesterTuur’s Writing: https://tuurdemeester.medium.com/ PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript: OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Are We Philosophical or Philosophers?00:06:41 Tuur Reflects on How Philosophy and Bitcoin Entered His Life00:13:42 “The Most Painful Thing to Lose Are Illusions”00:20:20 Touching on the Root of Fiat as an Expression of Fear00:23:20 Tuur Demystifies the Way to Study Philosophy00:27:48 Reading is Not Page 1 to Page 100: Deviate, Target, Access Multiple Sources00:34:26 The Value of Books That Are Not Bestsellers00:38:16 Where Does Knowledge Go if it is Only Thought and Not Conveyed…00:44:21 Defining the Philosophy of Law Ties in With Political Philosophy00:49:40 Touching on the Paradox of Contract and Conflict00:52:55 Philosophers Behind Argumentation Ethics and the Universal Causes of Conflict00:56:05 Fighting Over a Steak: 4 Causes of Conflict and 4 Universal Solutions Explained01:03:44 Applying Universal Solutions to Humanize Political Factions01:07:15 Left/Right is a Useful Fiction for the Collective Narrative, Not the Individual01:11:41 Scale Variance of Compassion and Unity in Human Society01:15:20 Cultural vs. Individual Software: One is Necessary, One is Self-Autonomy01:25:34 Do We Self-Program to Fear or Reciprocal Love?01:28:53 NYDIG01:30:00 Revisiting Fiat as an Expression of Fear01:33:50 Property in Relation to Individual Self-Ownership: Are We Self-Owned?01:42:53 The Printing Press Revolution Undermined Knowledge via Dialogue01:45:50 Arguing Against Self-Ownership is Arguing For Self-Ownership01:51:12 Navigating the Territory of Property in a Collective Setting01:56:10 Revisiting the Paradox of Contract and Conflict with Consensus02:03:44 Bitcoin as a Proxy for Universal Solutions That Shrinks Conflict Space02:07:39 “What is Money?” OutroHighlight (00:56:05) to (1:03:44)SOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22 WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

My friend and fellow student of money codenamed "Lester" joins me for a multi-episode conversation exploring the excellent book "The Twilight of Gold" by Melchior Palyi.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTLester's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProgrammableTxBOOKThe Twilight of Gold: https://archive.org/details/twilightofgold190000paly/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 The Role of Short-Term Capital During the Gold Exchange Standard00:06:01 The Nature of Self-Liquidating Loan Instruments00:08:24 “We are Walking the Currency Toward the Graveyard”00:10:44 The Liquidity Principles of Banking00:14:19 The Emergence of Elongated Debt Maturation Structures00:19:06 Debt Restructuring as a Means of Delaying and Exacerbating Volatility00:20:07 NYDIG00:21:15 Debt Restructuring Hiding Many Modern Financial Problems00:24:57 The Political Convenience of Debt Restructuring00:28:40 “Every Monetary System Will Always Be Under Attack…”00:32:16 People are Always, Everywhere Looking for Every Loophole to Exploit00:37:00 Liquidity is the Real Social Safety Net; Bailouts are a Scam00:41:27 The Two Big Sources of Inflation in the World: Governments and Bank Credit00:43:39 The “Lender of Last Resort” Model Destroys the Real Social Safety Net00:46:51 The Self-Defeating Nature of Aiming at Price Stability…00:47:36 “What is Money?” OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

Yaron Brook joins me for a discussion on Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism where we discover how Reason has created progress, freedom, and the pursuit to a good life. This series will loosely follow Ayn Rand's written work "The Virtue of Selfishness."Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUESTYaron’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yaronbrookYaron’s Show: https://yaronbrookshow.com/The Virtue of Selfishness: http://ikesharpless.pbworks.com/f/AynRand-TheVirtueofSelfishness.pdfPODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript: OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Introducing Ayn Rand’s Virtue of Selfishness00:06:00 To Be Or Not To Be: The “Is” and “Ought” On Leading A Good Life00:09:55 Inducing Principles of Ethics from the Post-Industrial Revolution00:14:18 A Permissionless Society Creates Freedom and Innovation00:19:42 Reason Reveals Itself in the 18th Century00:23:11 The Flywheel Effect of a Free and Flourishing Society00:29:46 NYDIG00:30:55 A Moral Life is One That Pursues Self-Interest00:33:14 Reason is Objectivity: Observe, Deconstruct, Abstract, and Manipulate00:39:30 “The Price of Freedom is Constant Vigilance”00:45:45 When Force is Applied Reason Becomes Obedience00:49:52 An Ideal Society of Operationalized Individual Rights00:53:26 Rights are the Freedom of Action for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness00:57:09 Living is a Long-Term Project in the Good Place01:02:37 “What is Money?” OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22 WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

Social scientist Hotep Jesus joins me to share his thoughts on how society has been steadily fed a pre-fabricated narrative and how he uses desire, discipline, and direction to reshape his own. Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTHotep’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/HotepJesusHotep’s Website: https://bryansharpe.co/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Why Emotionally Charged News Hook Better Than Facts00:05:30 The Standard Narrative of Pop Culture and Education00:10:49 Culture Influences Economics Which Informs Social Change00:13:45 Are We Creating a Less Intelligent Generation?00:17:05 Is Standard Education Part of a Long-Term Power Control Structure?00:21:35 Advice From an Autodidact: “Live Like Somebody Is Taking Away Your Time”00:24:10 Understand General Health and You Understand the Economy00:27:06 Communism: Take an Emotional Argument and Weaponize It00:32:13 NYDIG00:33:20 “The Power to Change the Rules is the Power to Win in Perpetuity”00:37:24 Would You Rather Create Your Boardroom or be a Player?00:47:56 Build Desire and Discipline But Always Follow Direction00:53:52 “If You Don’t Have Self-Discipline, Someone Else Will Discipline You”00:56:35 The “Money Man” of History Has Always Played the People01:02:15 Demonstrate Don’t Explicate: Build Yourself Instead of Arguing01:06:08 "What is Money?" OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

Mike Hill joins for me for a multi-episode exploration of the masterful book “Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals” written by best-selling author Robert Pirsig. This book may be one of the most undervalued ever written, as it proposes an alternative interpretation of reality that Pirsig calls “The Metaphysics of Quality” (MOQ). According to MOQ, reality is not made up of substance, but rather it is composed of distinct patterns of value. In a Copernican-like revolution of perspective, MOQ sheds new light on age-old debates such as moral relativism, the nature of subject-object duality, good vs. evil, science vs. religion, the importance of freedom, and the primacy of action.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTMike’s Website: https://www.mikehill.design/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Seeing Quality or Excellence as the Ultimate Reality00:06:07 Human Egotism and Our Failure to Understand the Universe…00:09:01 The Connection Between Quality and Resolution00:12:52 Money as the Most Dynamic Static Representation of Value00:14:59 An Excellent Performance Exists as the Bleeding Edge of Order and Chaos00:17:23 The Pioneers Taking Arrows in the Back in Pursuit of Excellence00:20:02 NYDIG00:21:10 Analogizing Metaphysical Perspective to Selecting the Right Map for the Job00:24:55 Metaphysics of Quality and its Role in the Destruction of Moral Relativism00:28:59 Introducing Pirsig’s Platypus Paradox…00:32:12 The Platypus Blew Out Biological Categories and Led to a Procrustean Bed00:35:51 Light as a Phenomenological Representation of Pure Dynamic Quality00:38:03 “The Whole World as a Marketplace of Kingdoms within Kingdoms within Kingdoms…”00:40:19 Life as a Strategy Stack with an Overarching Aim of Territoriality00:43:37 Property as an Abstract Expression of the Extended Human PhenotypeSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

Economist Denise Hearn joins me for an in-depth conversation that delves into the many faces of the economy and value—we discuss the slippery definitions of wealth, cognitive awareness, and how these concepts relate to the individual.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDenise’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/denisehearn_Denise’s Newsletter: https://embodied-economics.ghost.io PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Introducing Denise’s Work on Anti-Monopoly00:03:12 Traditional Proxies of Economic Value and Power00:10:10 Downward and Upward Causations in Markets00:14:55 Internal Influences External: How Societal Values Shape Cities00:21:21 A Blind Man and a Moth: Extending the Cognitive World Beyond the Human Body00:28:22 Deciphering Real and Unreal in a World of Schrödinger’s Cat00:35:05 Using Rational Choice Theory Why Would Someone Buy a Purse Made of Trash?00:41:52 Dissecting Physical Power and Political Power00:48:34 Growthless Asset Maximization: How Companies Make Money00:53:49 Concentrated Industries and Monopoly Puts Power in Fewer Hands00:57:58 Is it too Simplistic to Create Policies Around a Core Productivity Metric?01:05:28 Incentivizing Consumption By Placing a Tax on Currency01:11:06 Centralization and Decentralization: The Systole and Diastole of Human History01:18:28 Bitcoin Incentivizes Wealth Acquisition via Self-Production01:22:23 Are Bitcoin and Smart Contracts a Window to a New Governance Model?01:27:47 NYDIG01:28:54 “Bitcoin is Optimized for the Self-Interest of Holders”01:33:05 Trust as a Concept for the Meta-Narratives of Our System01:43:08 Do We Act Out of Self-Interest or for the Collective Benefit?01:47:57 How Would We Implement the Building Blocks of an Optimized Collective?01:52:44 Identifying the Proxy for Wealth as Knowledge and Capital02:00:09 Measuring Productivity and the Individual: Is it still of Value if it is Unseen?02:04:44 Is Life Happening Within a Simulation02:11:08 Questioning Life Detracts from What it Means to Be Alive02:16:02 "What is Money?" OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack