The "What is Money?" Show

John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJohn’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_johnJohn’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaekeJohn’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY 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 NYDIG00:01:23 How Gold Led to Fiat Currency00:06:00 Fiat Currency and Addiction00:12:01 Defining Psychotechnology00:15:22 Psychotechnology, Intelligence, and Identity00:17:36 Money as a Psychotechnology00:22:20 Empowerment and Identification Processes00:24:27 Modal Confusion (Having vs. Being)00:30:49 The Wisdom of Money00:34:52 Central Bank Psychotechnological Manipulation00:39:00 Property and The Tragedy of the Commons00:43:33 The Procedural Knowledge of Nature00:45:50 Introduction to Metaphysics00:52:42 The “Transjectivity” of Relevance00:54:36 The Intelligibility of Reality00:58:06 Being: “An Inexhaustible Fount of Intelligibility”01:01:33 Aristotle’s Conformity Theory of Knowing01:05:57 The Principles of “Knowing Thyself”01:08:40 Plato’s Cave01:10:06 Defining Exaptation01:13:42 Metaphors as Fossils of Language01:16:27 More About John’s Work…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=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-2022-26217Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0jIBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

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.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTMichael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylorMichael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/enMichael's website: https://www.hope.com/CHANNELPodcast 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:00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:23 The Purpose of Currency00:06:54 Fiat Currency Applications00:10:03 Inflation is the Major Problem of Fiat00:13:00 Fiat Enables Government Confiscation00:14:27 The Conundrum of Money00:16:17 Fiat Hypothecation and Authentication00:20:22 Restrictions on Fiat Transfer Volume00:22:16 Impedances are Property Right Impairments00:23:09 Fiat Transportation, Credit, and Securities Risks00:24:56 The Base Layer of Fiat is Defective00:26:16 The Application Layer of Fiat is Random and Manual00:28:55 No Financial, Mathematical, or Moral Integrity00:30:35 The Two Fundamental Shortcomings of Fiat00:33:16 “High Frequency Final Settlement Creates Reality”00:35:29 The “Spacetime Constants” for Cryptoassets00:37:17 What Happens When You Triple Gravity…00:38:32 The Reynolds Number and Fluid Dynamics00:39:38 Bitcoin is the E=MC^2 of Money00:41:20 The Fundamental Basis of Integrity00:42:46 Constantly Changing Rules Create Insanity00:44:50 Bitcoin is a Digital Monetary Virus00:46:05 “The Living Truth Nebula”00:47:00 The Path to the Ideal Technology for Money00:47:51 Robert's 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/bitcoinco...Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0jIBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Max Hillebrand joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterwork on libertarian philosophy “The Ethics of Liberty” written by Murray Rothbard.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTMax’s twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMaxMax’s Website: https://towardsliberty.com/btcpay/apps/wxB4qDBjfaZNqn9vSidLnn4dGbV/pos 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 NYDIG00:01:23 Introduction to Max and “The Ethics of Liberty”00:05:36 Defining Praxeology00:13:01 Human Action, Observation, and Value00:16:25 Preferences and Want-Satisfaction00:17:33 Apriori vs. Empirical Knowledge00:21:19 Defining Property00:29:45 Property Rights and Alienability00:32:13 Property’s Dependence on Defensibility00:36:47 Non-Aggression (Yin) and Self-Defense (Yang)00:39:40 The Universal Ethic: “Do Not Steal”00:44:02 The Enforceability of Property00:49:45 Castles and Preemptive Protection00:54:12 The Architectural Defenses of Bitcoin00:57:22 “Bitcoin Dies if No One Cares About Freedom”00:58:58 Bitcoin and the Scale, Duration, and Frequency of ViolenceSOCIALBreedlove 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-2022-26217Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0jIBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJohn’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_johnJohn’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaekeJohn’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY 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 NYDIG00:01:23 Connections Between Value, Relevance, and Action00:05:02 The Generalization and Discrimination Tradeoff00:07:44 The Rationality Debates00:12:17 Bounded Rationality is Not Logic00:14:11 The Functions of Distributed Cognition00:16:56 Temporal Discounting and Adaptivity00:18:46 Anxiety as Insufficient Temporal Discounting00:21:53 Markets as Dynamical Systems00:23:33 The Sense of Presence00:28:07 The Four Levels of Knowing00:30:54 Meta-Perspectival Ability00:32:28 The Meta-Perspectival/Success Tradeoff00:33:58 The Four Levels of Memory00:36:04 Self-Deception at Each Level of Knowing00:39:29 Wisdom Coordinates All Levels of Knowing00:41:11 “The Reciprocal Opening that We Call Love”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=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-2022-26217Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0jIBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

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.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTMichael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylorMichael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/enMichael's website: https://www.hope.com/CHANNELPodcast 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:00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:02:06 Money is Tokenized Sociopolitical Energy00:05:23 Bitcoin is the First Digital Money00:07:21 The Ideal Model of Money00:09:34 Money is the Apex Property00:11:35 From Political Money to Engineered Money00:12:54 Ancient Coin Networks00:15:17 Money Changers and Energy Loss00:17:33 Problems with the Gold Standard00:22:33 Custody of Gold is Expensive00:26:00 Gold is Too Easy to Manipulate00:27:21 Gold is Difficult to Transport and Distribute00:28:20 Gold’s Divisibility is Limited in Practice00:31:17 Final vs. Deferred Settlement00:34:35 Gold Applications are Difficult and Dangerous00:38:54 Gold Invites Violence00:43:51 The Gold Standard: Dying a Slow Death00:47:19 Performance of Gold vs. Bitcoin00:49:55 To Stay Alive in a Darwinian World…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=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-2022-26217Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0jIBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

John Vervaeke joins me for a deep conversation exploring his work as a cognitive scientist and his YouTube lecture series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis."Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJohn’s twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_johnJohn’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaekeJohn’s Lecture Series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlYPODCASTPodcast 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 NYDIG00:01:23 Intro to the Work of John Vervaeke00:10:58 Consciousness, Intelligence, and Relevance Realization00:18:18 The Market and Distributed Cognition00:22:08 Most Intelligence is Unconscious00:26:32 Most Real-World Problems are Ill-Defined00:28:44 Optimal Grip and Combinatorial Explosion00:31:42 Consciousness and Aspectualization00:33:45 The Transjectivity of Adaptivity00:36:16 Self-Organizing vs. Auto-poetic00:42:47 Toggling Between Generalization and Discrimination00:45:49 Intelligence vs. Rationality00:49:14 Attention, Interest, and Self-Deception00:50:58 Rationality: Intelligently Overcoming Self-Deception00:52:45 The Logos and RationalitySOCIALBreedlove 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-2022-26217Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0jIBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Geoffrey Miller joins me for a multi-episode series exploring evolutionary psychology, virtue signaling, history, markets, money, and Bitcoin/crypto.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTGeoffrey's twitter: https://twitter.com/primalpoly/mediaGeoffrey's website: https://www.primalpoly.com/Geoffrey's Quillette piece on polyamory, marriage, pronatalism, and the future of relationships:https://quillette.com/2019/10/29/polyamory-is-growing-and-we-need-to-get-serious-about-it/Mate book (2015): https://www.primalpoly.com/mate-what-women-wantSpent book (2009): https://www.primalpoly.com/spentThe Mating Mind book (2000): https://www.primalpoly.com/the-mating-mindMating Grounds podcast with Geoffrey Miller & Tucker Max (262 episodes, 2014-2016)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mating-grounds-podcast/id894712811Article for Paleo magazine on Paleo fitness and sexual attraction: https://www.primalpoly.com/s/2016-sexual-fitness-paleo-magazine.pdfGeoffrey's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/geoffreymillerphdOther interviews with Geoffrey Miller related to mating and dating:-Dave Rubin: https://youtu.be/xqgH6Ru8kwY-Rebel Wisdom: https://youtu.be/rRC6JYSbgsE-SCNR: https://youtu.be/F7vArjs9bwA-Triggernometry: https://youtu.be/hTLfiBTtE88Geoffrey's recommended books: https://www.primalpoly.com/recommended-books-nonfictionCHANNELPodcast 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:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 NYDIG00:01:25 Dating for Young Men00:06:20 What do Women Want?00:11:42 The Mating Market Rewards Specialization00:18:21 What is Humor?00:31:14 Confidence is Competence00:38:32 The Balance Between Specialization and Generalization00:44:40 The Significance of Fitness in the Market00:54:27 Is Marriage Still Relevant?01:00:50 Maximizing Reproduction Through Long-Term Pair Bonds01:04:11 The Parallel Between Decentralization and Monogamy01:11:43 How Men and Women Perceive Cheating01:16:22 Incentive Structures Form Instincts01:24:17 How Bitcoin Affects the Future of Marriage and Divorce01:37:49 Drawing the Line on Sexual ExclusivitySOCIALBreedlove 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-2022-26217Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0jIBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

Kiara Bickers joins me for a conversation exploring her book "Bitcoin Clarity." Topics explored include philosophy, language, capitalism, art, science, systems, and the ethics/evolution of money.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTKiara's twitter: https://twitter.com/kiarabickersKiara's book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Clarity-Understanding-Kiara-Bickers-ebook/dp/B07ZHY7RF8CHANNELPodcast 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:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 NYDIG00:01:25 The Trustlessness of Bitcoin00:06:10 Risk vs Consequence00:10:10 Black Box Structuring00:16:29 Language Shapes Thought00:19:09 The Enlightenment Period and the Scientific Revolutions00:24:12 The Basis of Capitalism00:27:39 Black Boxes Today00:30:33 Artists vs Scientists00:34:43 Credentialism and the Fiat Currency Complex00:39:48 Quantitative Over Qualitative Perception00:47:31 Creation vs Discovery00:51:32 Bicker’s Writing Process00:55:52 Bitcoin as a Clock01:01:25 The Ethics of Money01:10:11 The Implications of Immutable Data01:16:58 The Evolution of Money01:25:42 Bitcoin, a Weapons Grade War DeterrentSOCIALBreedlove 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 BUSINESSESAutomatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Use Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/

Geoffrey Miller joins me for a multi-episode series exploring evolutionary psychology, virtue signaling, history, markets, money, and Bitcoin/crypto.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTGeoffrey's twitter: https://twitter.com/primalpoly/mediaGeoffrey's website: https://www.primalpoly.com/CHANNELPodcast 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:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 NYDIG00:01:25 Game Theory All the Way Down00:05:56 Solving Game Theoretic Problems with Technology00:14:56 Propaganda Against Bitcoin00:28:38 Countermeasures Against Bitcoin Propaganda00:37:58 The Role of Moral Virtues in Relationships00:42:47 Cultivating Virtue Across All Domains of Life00:54:37 Morality as an Emergent Property00:58:23 Virtue Signaling Dynamics at the Cultural Level01:04:06 Sexual Selection for Moral Virtues01:09:47 Pagan Virtues01:17:01 Jungian Archetypes01:18:46 Benefits of a Less Hierarchical MarketplaceSOCIALBreedlove 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 BUSINESSESAutomatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Use Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/

Geoffrey Miller joins me for a multi-episode series exploring evolutionary psychology, virtue signaling, history, markets, money, and Bitcoin/crypto.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTGeoffrey's twitter: https://twitter.com/primalpoly/mediaGeoffrey's website: https://www.primalpoly.com/CHANNELPodcast 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:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 NYDIG00:01:25 The Evolutionary Origins of Moral Virtues00:04:12 Values, Virtues, and Relationships00:07:42 Competition in the Mating Market00:14:34 What is a Soul?00:20:10 Morality from a Social Psychology Perspective00:23:37 The Free Market and Morality00:32:07 Social Relationships Influence Morality00:41:41 Costly Signaling is Proof of WorkSOCIALBreedlove 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 BUSINESSESAutomatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Use Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/