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 Trailer00:01:05 - Swan Bitcoin00:03:22 - Robert's Intro00:06:56 - The Warburgs & the importance of having control of your own capital00:08:18 - George RR Martin SuperHero Theory from “Wild Cards”00:09:19 - Indestructible trumps deadly00:10:45 - Antifragile is superior – absorb your enemies capabilities00:12:14 - Success of the U.S. in the 20th century wars00:13:13 - Importance of fighting wars on foreign soil00:14:22 - Impact of Geography on Geopolitics & Power00:15:53 - Someone that can kill you that you can’t kill…00:16:30 - Importance of Security to the Bitcoin network Be the indestructible, immortal blockchain00:17:43 - Features can be attached to Bitcoin by 3rd Parties00:20:26 - Humans triumph by channeling energy00:20:35 - Control of the seas via naval power to deliver force stronger, faster, harder00:21:35 - Control of the skies via air power – nations must control their own airspace00:22:35 - Don’t want to be at the bottom of the gravity well00:23:09 - Control of nuclear power00:23:25 - Control of space power – satellites00:24:05 - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress / TANSTAFL00:25:26 - Tossing rocks down the gravity well00:26:15 - 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 Sovereignty00:32:08 - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions00:32:55 - Investing in S Curves00:33:32 - Technology Fails Until it Succeeds00:34:14 - Paradigm shifts often come at unexpected times in unexpected ways00:35:08 - John Harrison & Discovering Longitude00:37:12 - Establishment rejects new paradigms absent war or generational change00:37:59 - “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”00:39:19 - Robert's Outro01:16:29 - The EndContribute Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Stack sats: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22See All my Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build an intellectual foundation for grasping the historic significance of Bitcoin.00:00:00 - Robert's Intro00:04:19 - Humanity’s missteps – 1000 years wasted00:06:19 - Struggles inventing the Printing Press00:07:35 - Trajan’s Column & forgetting that the world is round00:10:03 - Native Americans & Failure to Grasp the Wheel00:12:19 - Starting a Fire in Cyberspace with the Bitcoin Network00:13:39 - Guns, Germs & Steel – Stressors makes us Harder & Stronger00:15:19 - Formation of Great Cities at the Center of Empires00:17:19 - The Logic of Empire – Economics, Customs, Taxation00:19:03 - Carthago Delenda Est00:19:50 - The Battle of Lepanto00:20:36 - Venetian Catholics00:21:40 - Channeling & capturing energy via Religion00:22:40 - Manhattan – Nexus of the Bond Market00:24:05 - Amsterdam – Nautical Distribution Center00:24:48 - Martin Luther & the Economic Impetus for the Reformation“It’s useful to have God on your side”00:26:53 - Failed Cities are at the center of Failed Empires00:27:10 - Paris & Cathedral of Notre DameLiving Off the Vestiges of an Empire Long Passed00:28:10 - The Steel Age. “Technology reshapes business, politics, life, & the human condition”00:28:41 - Constructing an energy efficient shipping network00:30:49 - Empires produce security Mongolian Security00:32:05 - Bitcoin primary value proposition is security in the virtual domain00:33:20 - Money is power, control of virtual money can provide physical security00:33:30 - Plight of the German Jews in the 30s – Economic Refugees00:35:30 - Rail Networks – Impact on Economics, Politics, & War00:36:40 - The River War – Winston Churchill00:38:40 - Railroads in the United States (Manifest Destiny)Railroads are 1000x faster, stronger00:39:37 - Standard Oil (Storing & Channeling Energy via Petroleum)00:41:14 - Importance of creating scarcity in oil & standardizing components & quality00:42:49 - 1000x more energy. “Some people can’t do a nickel worth of work”00:44:22 - Food Energy Networks00:44:53 - Stabilizing Food Energy at Room Temperature00:45:45 - Origin of CPG Branding00:46:17 - Marjorie Merriweather Post00:47:20 - Challenges of moving energy thru time & space00:48:10 - Manufacturing Food Products as a Store of Value00:48:30 - Hershey PA Factory as Clean Room Facility00:50:54 - Bitcoin as “The best branded asset in the history of the world”00:51:12 - Great growth companies are powered by technology00:53:00 - Non-technology strategies to grow a business00:54:18 - John D. Rockefeller success00:54:51 - Steel & Aluminum – Elemental Forces00:55:20 - Steel – Elemental to all Civil Engineering & Modern Architecture00:56:25 - Challenges of refining steel00:57:33 - Challenges of explosives00:58:10 - Attributes of Steel that make it ideal for Civil Engineering00:59:06 - Aluminum – Elemental to the Aerospace Industry01:01:20 - Energy Networks – Rail, Air, Food, Oil01:02:08 - Impact of Technology on Life Expectancy (1900 to 1950)01:03:13 - Antibiotics & Conquest of Infectious Disease01:06:30 - Innovation thru trial and error01:07:00 - “The future is already with us, it’s just not evenly distributed”01:07:07 - Robert's Outro01:42:40 - The EndContribute:SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/breedlo...Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Stack sats: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build an intellectual foundation for grasping the significance of Bitcoin in the grand arc of history.00:00:00 - Episode Trailer00:01:03 - Robert's Intro00:07:43 - Stone Age Technology00:07:50 - The Digital Transformation of 2020: Currency & Covid Wars00:13:08 - The rise of man against the brutality of nature00:17:23 - Requirements for Survival in a Hostile Universe00:19:12 - Significance of Fire: channeling chemical energy to evolve00:21:28 - Foolishness of Heroics & Need to Channel Energy00:23:48 - Modern arrogance & Paleolithic wisdom00:25:48 - Energy efficient strategy critical for survival00:26:44 - “Playing with Fire” is unique to humanity00:27:17 - Spiritual significance of fire to civilization00:28:59 - Significance of Missiles – channeling kinetic energy for survival00:30:06 - Effectiveness of Slings & Arrows in the Ancient World00:33:38 - Roman Slingers vs. Gaulic Tribes (Second Punic War)00:34:31 - “Death from Above” : On the Romantic ineffectiveness of close quarters weapons like swords & spears00:37:10 - Survival Strategy with Missiles00:38:54 - Dominant Technologies deliver force harder, faster, stronger, smarter Superiority of Digital Gold vs. Physical Gold00:40:36 - Significance of Hydraulics- channeling gravitational energy via water00:41:51 - MIT’s Mascot – The Beaver “Nature’s Engineer” channeling water00:44:05 - Significance of Water to Humanity – Water is Wealth00:44:46 - Challenges of Life in the Desert – Water is Elemental to Life00:47:26 - Hunter/Gatherer Myths – a better survival strategy based on channeling water00:49:54 - Water for food, drink, protection, farming lobsters00:52:36 - “Nature tends to pursue the most energy efficient strategy”00:53:15 - Building the pyramids by channeling gravitational energy00:55:06 - Water for Sanitation – Critical to Civilization - Santorini Epiphany00:57:40 - Limits of Animal Power – Design of Ancient Cities00:58:57 - Significance of the Roman Equestrian Class – Ancient Clean Energy00:59:59 - Mediterranean as the Cradle of Civilization, Ancient Empires01:03:22 - Agriculture – Orchards & Ponds01:04:36 - Human Adaptation to Natural Requirements to Survive01:06:28 - “3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, 3 months without food”01:08:20 - Roman Superiority in the Ancient World –“Most Organized Society in Ancient World”01:08:43 - Roman Politics & Natural Life Cycle “The Ides of March” Elections, Religion, Celebration, Taxation, Training, Campaigning01:12:02 - Roman Roles, Consensus Rules & Balance of Power, Antifragility01:13:26 - Annual Patterns, Natural Life Cycles, Replenishment & Revitalization01:14:26 - Virtues of Equity & Opportunity, Perils of Centralized Power, Corruption Romans are Antifragile01:16:01 - Benefits of Term Limits & Wisdom of Military Career System (Darwinian Progression)01:18:08 - Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Management Wisdom01:21:04 - “Everyone needs their turn” - inspiring hope and devotion01:22:19 - Benefits of Decentralization & equal opportunity “Graveyards are full of tombstones of indispensable men”01:24:09 - Roman Dignity, Pride, & Honor -Citizenship & Submission to Nature01:24:45 - Romans suffered no Kings – Accountability Roman System bred Harder, Stronger, Faster, Smarter Individuals01:27:43 - Roman Army “There was never such thing as a fair fight” Standard tools, techniques – the most organized ancient army01:30:33 - Roman Military Industrial Complex – Creation of the Roman Navy01:32:42 - War has a way of quickening innovation & activity – Stealing good ideas01:33:44 - Roman Roads & Standardized Logistics01:37:27 - Darwinian & Competitive Advantages of Standardized Protocols01:39:26 - Roman Aqueducts & Roman Engineering Credo of the Engineer “Construct a better world”01:41:21 - The Bridge at Alcantara “This bridge will stand for all time”01:42:49 - Breakdown of the Political & Monetary Protocols & Decline of Rome01:44:42 - The importance of weights, measures, & truth (Taleb) Importance of respect for natural law to societal health01:45:29 - Consequences of breaking the laws of nature01:46:57 - Perils of growth in the political & legal apparatus01:47:42 - The virtues of pain, dangers of attempting to suppress signal (Taleb) Law of Gravity cannot be Suspended01:49:42 - Robert's outro02:20:57 - The EndSupport me via: SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/breedlo... Bitcoin Address: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22