The "What is Money?" Show

Ben Askren joins me for a conversation covering the concepts laid out in Robert Greene's book "The 48 Laws of Power."Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTBen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenaskrenBen's Website: https://www.benaskren.com/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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Bitcoin Price and Volatility00:07:10 “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene00:09:06 Ben’s Background and Outlook on Power00:13:12 Defining Power00:17:57 Assume Formlessness00:24:33 Never Outshine the Master00:37:41 Win Through Your Actions, Never Through Argument00:53:20 Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor01:02:01 Enter Action with Boldness01:23:04 Never Appear Too Perfect01:33:13 Ben’s Purpose and AimsSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisbyDominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Civilization and Taxation00:01:53 Money: A Tool for Communication & Propaganda00:09:40 Sound Money & Empires00:13:02 The Economic Consequences of Organized Violence00:18:21 Skin in The Game00:24:40 Monetary Property in a New World & Creating a New Society00:34:10 Civilizations Repeating Inevitable Failures00:42:48 The Printing Press00:48:22 Sound Money & Sound Administrations00:58:32 Central Bank Rabbit HoleSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisbyDominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Marco Polo00:20:00 Bitcoin is Venice00:29:30 Surnames in History00:48:03 Simple and Fair Rules00:55:55 Post-Modernism01:00:25 How Does the Tax System Adapt?01:15:05 The Bitcoin Standard SOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisbyDominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Bitcoin and The New Reality Fiat00:13:35 Money is An Extension of the Mind00:21:15 Large Tech and Nation States00:30:00 A Hyper Deflationary Environment00:39:55 Tech Replaces Government00:46:05 Taxation Shapes Civilization00:55:15 Bitcoin in the Midst of Online Bubbles01:12:30 Theory of a 100 Year CycleSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisbyDominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Gold, Beauty, Mathematical Elegance, and Truth00:09:26 Myths: History of Gold, Beauty and Money00:17:30 Gold: Pure Wealth and Coinage00:24:39 Philosopher’s stone00:30:44 The Dynamic Equilibrium of Bitcoin00:39:49 Absolute scarcity00:43:29 Digital Monetization of Gold00:45:01 Educational Journey to Anti-Fiat00:49:25 Gold: The Governor of Governments00:51:16 China’s Conquest for Gold and Global Dominance00:59:28 A Future of Digitized Economy & Law Written in Code01:17:02 Why Bitcoin Is Outperforming GoldSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Dominic Frisby joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTDominic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicFrisbyDominic's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Robbery-Shaped-Change-Future/dp/0241360846/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Prism of Taxation: Tax is Power00:11:12 Daylight Robbery00:14:26 Never a Civilization Without Taxation00:21:37 The Stone Age00:28:32 Bitcoin: A Mathematical Beauty and Truth00:31:13 Transcendentals: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness00:35:20 The First Blockchain: Hieroglyphics and Clay Tablets00:40:00 Money is Technology00:45:40 Evolution of Government00:48:40 The Economic Consequences of Organized Violence00:55:10 Bitcoin: New Frontier of the Digital World00:58:40 Liturgy and Skin in the GameSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBoothJeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2PODCASTPodcast 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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Geopolitical Game Theory00:10:50 Prisoner’s Dilemma and Divisiveness00:13:27 A Series of Prisoner’s Dilemmas00:14:11 Solving the Byzantine Generals Problem00:16:54 An Incorruptible Base Layer00:20:37 Bitcoin Game Theory, In Practice00:25:58 Fiat Currency: A “Race to Debase”00:28:25 The Macro-Structural Game Board00:29:48 Inflation is Falsehood00:31:22 Soul in the Game00:35:40 Risk and Reward00:40:47 UBI: An Unwinnable Game?00:49:57 Political Games00:55:57 Gold: The Original Governor of Governments00:58:54 Group Identity Politics01:01:55 Gratitude’s Gravity01:03:12 Jeff’s Greatest Lesson…SOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBoothJeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2PODCASTPodcast 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?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Living in Service of Belongingness00:09:34 The Shifting Landscape of Leadership00:11:49 Individuals are Complexes of Ideas00:15:30 Exclusivity, Inclusivity, and Power00:19:40 Inflation is Indefensible00:24:11 Social Solidarity and Divisiveness00:27:48 Bitcoin: “A Moral Equivalent to War”?00:30:43 Deflation is a Civilizing Force00:31:43 Inflation Tears Society Apart00:34:17 Proof-of-Work Generates Peace00:37:52 The Specter of Hyperinflation00:40:22 Reasons for Bitcoin00:42:11 When “Us vs. Them” Helps an Idea Thrive00:45:46 Inflation is Incongruent to Conservation00:50:08 Inflation Funds and Causes Armed Conflict00:56:56 EndSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBoothJeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2PODCASTPodcast 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/MLdpYXYIOUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Relativity of Information and Entropy00:05:35 AI in Healthcare00:09:22 Inflation Suppresses Entrepreneurship00:11:42 The Free Market: A Global Error-Correcting System00:17:41 Does Bitcoin Need Public Buy-In?00:22:30 Belief Systems and Human Organization00:25:00 Filtering Ideas: Bitcoin and Climate Change00:32:59 Machines are Learning Exponentially Faster00:36:59 The Simulation Hypothesis & Superintelligence00:39:00 Data Mining and AI00:42:50 Geopolitical Power & General AI00:45:24 “What Do you Want and Why?”00:51:46 Egotism and Self-Deception00:53:37 Entrepreneurship: Living on the Edge00:57:19 “Go Where the Truth Is”01:00:01 Advantage of the Beginner’s Mind01:03:24 Distorting Creative Destruction01:08:55 Fiat Currency Induces Systemic Fragility01:12:15 Bitcoin: The Ultimate Asymmetric Bet01:17:55 A Call Option on Everything01:22:46 Interventionism Interrupts Error Correction01:29:19 Debt Super-cycles End Badly01:31:41 The Tail Risk of Social Unrest01:34:12 Bitcoin Error Corrects Gold01:36:59 Debt and Equity, Space and Time01:39:45 EndSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

Jeff Booth joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the concepts laid out in his book "The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future"Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBoothJeff's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Tomorrow-Deflation-Abundant-Future/dp/1999257405/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+price+of+tomorrow&qid=1574403883&sr=8-2PODCASTPodcast 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/MLdpYXYIOUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 Intelligence is Error Correction00:04:39 “If electricity was a match, AI is the sun.”00:08:09 Narrow Artificial Intelligence00:12:09 AI and the End of Jobs00:16:50 AI Improves Exponentially00:19:52 Growth Today is the Removal of Jobs00:23:57 Inflation Concentrates Monopoly Power00:27:36 The End of Jobs Formula00:29:28 No Industry is Safe00:31:37 Information Wants to be Free00:33:58 Bitcoin Breaks Old Belief Systems00:38:21 The Digital Enlightenment and Memetics00:42:40 Entrepreneurs Fit Current Action to Future Market Data00:47:14 “People Don’t Have Ideas, Ideas Have People.”00:50:15 Once You See Deflation, You Can’t Unsee It00:52:02 The Best Information Wins00:55:50 “All I know is That I Know Nothing At All.”00:58:00 The Free Market is The Sum of All Intelligence01:01:27 Bitcoin Defunds Communism01:03:46 EndSOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true