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Send us Fan Mail The fellas talk to renowned investor “King Fat Stacks”. Fat Stacks describes his introduction to investing through passive indexing and why he ditched that strategy for bitcoin- namely that he didn’t want his friends to get rich without him. Fat stacks also gives his ever-so-subtle opinions on the deep bitcoin questions: what does it mean to have a Swiss bank account in your pocke...

Send us Fan Mail The fellas talk to renowned investor “King Fat Stacks”. Fat Stacks describes his introduction to investing through passive indexing and why he ditched that strategy for bitcoin- namely that he didn’t want his friends to get rich without him. Fat stacks also gives his ever-so-subtle opinions on the deep bitcoin questions: what does it mean to have a Swiss bank account in your pocke...

Send us Fan Mail What is a free market economy? Can monopolies exist in a free market society?  And if so, what do we do about them? Many people believe monopolies must be broken up by government entities; meanwhile, government entities create monopolies themselves: permits, certificates, licenses, congressional approvals, professional degrees--the list goes on.  All of these artificial barriers t...

Send us Fan Mail George Orwell's novel, 1984, depicted a future dystopian society not far from our current society. In 1984, truth is dictated by the government.  Speech is censored.  Words lose their meaning.  Big Brother is always listening.  There is constant war between Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia.  History is memory-holed and re-written.  The government uses fear to control its citize...

Send us Fan Mail Brandon tells us why he left the Army after 5 years, giving up the pension available at 20, and attempts to address the root issues in the military and government work.  He moved into the private sector and quickly realized the issues that plague the Army plague private corporations as well.  Part 2 focuses on issues in the corporate workplace, and why he chooses to golf instead....

Send us Fan Mail Brandon tells us why he left the Army after 5 years, giving up the pension available at 20, and attempts to address the root issues in the military and government work.  He moved into the private sector and quickly realized the issues that plague the Army plague private corporations as well.  Part 1 focuses on issues in the Army, check out part 2 next week for the continued discus...

Send us Fan Mail Spoiler: We discuss West World seasons 1 through 3--with a focus on season 3. Expanding on our Artificial Intelligence and Blade Runner episodes: what makes us human?   Is West World a complete fiction, or is it an analogy for the world we live in?  Dolores is on a mission to set the world free--but it seems some people don't want to be free. What specifically makes the use o...

Send us Fan Mail What is science? Its come to serve the purpose of helping us differentiate fact from fiction, but is this still the case? Does a scientific study make something true? What are the shortcomings of science?  Has science lost its legitimacy in recent years, and if so, why? Has science become industrialized--where results of scientific research no longer depend on the experiment, but...

Send us Fan Mail Continuing our conversation from last week with James, an aspiring cypherpunk--and our first guest--we discuss the change in incentives under a Bitcoin standard, James' technical analysis and experience trading Bitcoin, and more.

Send us Fan Mail James, an aspiring cypherpunk--and our first guest--discusses his path to discovering bitcoin, how he identified that he's living in a fiat society, and what he's doing to enable him to exit the fiat system at the earliest opportunity. He also shares his perspective on macro trends in our society, discussing topics ranging from government to our post-secondary education...

Send us Fan Mail Terra lost 99.9% of its value just over a week ago.  This "decentralized" crypto offered a 20% yield via staking (compared to a bank's .01% interest offered in savings accounts). The stablecoin, UST, lost its peg to the dollar, causing the equivalent of a bank-run on Terra.  Terra attempted to peg the UST stablecoin to the US dollar without backing it with U.S. doll...

Send us Fan Mail Spoiler Alert: We discuss all 5 seasons of the TV show The Wire. The Wire was released 20 years ago and depicted problems of government bureaucracy, corruption, and even misaligned incentives of dishonest press.  20 years later it seems nothing has changed. One main focus of the show is on how easily our metrics for success can be manipulated.  The show discusses police and politi...

Send us Fan Mail Spoiler Alert - Watch Blade Runner: 2049 before listening (we also spoil the OG one from the 80s). This movie poses a ton of provoking questions surrounding identity and humanity.  What makes us human? Is it our physical form? and if so, what are the physical requirements--surely not our limbs, possibly just our brain?   If we can replicate our brains (encompassing emotions, intel...

Send us Fan Mail Jack Dorsey recently began speaking his mind about issues he's had with the twitter board.  He uncensored himself, but we don't know what it will cost him yet. And even every-day people are not so free to speak their minds. Can we even propose the possibility that maybe we shouldn't be "standing with Ukraine?"  Or are we totally forbidden from questioning...

Send us Fan Mail The biggest Bitcoin event of the year: The Bitcoin Conference, just happened in Miami.  We break down the important take aways such as: Strike's partnership with point-of-sale companies to bring Bitcoin lightning payments to restaurants and retail, Peter Thiel's take on Bitcoin and the Gerontocracy, Inflation at 8.5%, and more.

Send us Fan Mail There is an ongoing revival of questioning our assumptions.  Do we need to question the things we learned in elementary school, middle school, or high school?  Many of us learned about the food pyramid where humans are meant to eat ~55% carbs, ~25% protein, and ~20% fat.  Is this because it is more sustainable and cheaper for government to grow wheat and corn?  Are seed oils killi...

Send us Fan Mail Our first quarterly newsletter is free, like the rest of our podcast.  Below is a brief list of topics discussed. - Ripple and Greenpeace's attempt to spread environmental FUD around Bitcoin and encourage a switch to proof-of-stake - Vitalik Buterin's (Ethereum's creator) essay arguing for Bitcoin maximalism - Pros and Cons of altcoins - Implications of Russia peggi...

Send us Fan Mail Spoiler Alert: We discuss the entire plot of the science fiction novel Three Body Problem.   If you haven't read it and don't intend to, we give a summary of the book so you can still enjoy the discussion.

Send us Fan Mail Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence?  Like most technology, it depends who's using it and for what ends.  Is it inevitable that we will create a sentient AI--one that is more intelligent than us? If we physically augment ourselves with AI chips to improve our intelligence, will we still have free will? Just a few of the topics discussed.  Also, spoiler alert we bri...

Send us Fan Mail This is a continuation of Episode 27: The Bitcoin Standard (Part 1) Saifedean Ammous published The Bitcoin Standard in 2018 and it remains one of the most essential books in understanding the affects Bitcoin will have on the world.  He discusses what money is, identifies fundamental properties that separate good money from bad money, and correlates the rise and fall of civilizatio...

Send us Fan Mail Saifedean Ammous published The Bitcoin Standard in 2018 and it remains one of the most essential books in understanding the affects Bitcoin will have on the world.  He discusses what money is, identifies fundamental properties that separate good money from bad money, and correlates the rise and fall of civilizations both small and great with the soundness of their money.  His hist...

Send us Fan Mail Are Russians at war with Ukrainians, or is the Russian government at war with the Ukrainian government?  Is Putin evil, or is he simply playing the game of international politics better than his opponents? In this episode, we discuss the implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as well as all the entities that benefit from the invasion (governments, the military industria...