With over 8 hours recorded together, this is one of the most information-rich conversations I've had on the show. @balajis has an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge; and his views on the future are wildly fascinating, to say the least.
Here are ep 1-4 outlines:
And here are ep 5-7 outlines:
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One of the most profound lessons the study of #Bitcoin, money, and economics will teach you is that the materialist perspective is incomplete. For humans, motivational significance matters more than any substantive reality...
A civilizational paradox: as we strive to push back the uncertainties of entropy through capital accumulation and the establishment of socioeconomic protocols, we run the risk of creating a tyrannies of excessive order. To succeed, we must surf a knife-edge of order and chaos...
Finally releasing episode 1 of what may prove to be one of the most profound series ever produced on The @WhatisMoneyShow...
Join Mike Hill and I as we dive deep into Robert Pirsig's excellent book "Lila: An Inquiry into Morals."
In this under-appreciated book, Pirsig proposes an alternative to subject-object metaphysics which he calls the Metaphysics of Quality. In this view, reality is composed of distinct patterns of value, not substance.
Where is the bottom of the #Bitcoin rabbit hole? Nobody knows. But I can promise you this series will be plunging new depths by asking another seemingly simple question: "What is value?"
Here is the time-stamped outline of The Mike Hill Series episode 1.
Here is the most painful piece I have ever written: "Sovereignism Part 8: Everywhere and Nowhere" exploring market dynamics, the nature of fiat, #Bitcoin, and the mass-psychosis of totalitarianism.
Quick thread of a few excerpts from this written work⬇️
"Humans not only trade goods, and the ideas on which they are based, but they also imitate one another’s actions in waves of mimetic exchange—imitative patterns of action directly responsible for the development and propagation of ritual, culture, and social institutions."
"As covered previously in this series, political statism is a mass-psychosis premised on the profitability of property violation. This psychotic mode of human organization—a watered-down version of outright slavery—is dependent on a general ignorance and passivity among people."
@jeffreyatucker is a brilliant thinker, writer, and speaker—his message is of preeminent importance amid the declining conditions of liberty worldwide. This sub-1 hour conversation is well-worth your time, and is good to share with loved ones who may be feeling lost...
In celebration of November 21st, The @WhatisMoneyShow is releasing the Pysh Series (6 episodes total) all at once, today. In The Pysh Series, @PrestonPysh and I explore two books: