A Prelude to the Bushido of Bitcoin with Aleksandar Svetski (WiM485)
The "What is Money?" Show
**Humans and the religious impulse **
Humans have a fundamental religious impulse that, when religion is removed, gets attached to other entities such as government or technology, as seen with AI enthusiasts who are like radical atheists trying to build an AI god. This shift of the religious impulse can lead people to depend excessively on external entities like government for solutions, creating a vacuum that these entities fill. This phenomenon highlights the complexity of human behavior and the tendency to attach the religious impulse to various aspects of life beyond traditional religion.
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