#33 - Brady Burkett

Brady Burkett is a Fintech expert and podcaster. Currently, he is a consultant at Currencycloud, a Visa & World Bank Group-backed late-stage startup with proprietary APIs that facilitate cross-border money transfers. Additionally, Brady serves as a Co-Host of the Payments Innovation Podcast. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 4:09 - Discussion on the vaccine; Revisiting former White House Coronavirus Task Force Head, Dr. Scott Atlas; Healthcare & Insurance companies 23:35 - The Duopoly & lack of a 360 Degree Political Spectrum; Tulsi Gabbard’s Podcast with Joe Rogan (#1599) 31:07 - The two sides of Covid; Naval Ravikant on tech safety and how our over-emphasis on safety is hurting physical (non-software) technological innovation. 50:41 - Revisiting TRENDIFIER #30 w/ Soar CEO, Anthony Fenu; The media’s role in the “Safety” Revolution 1:00:40 - NFL Lineman Russell Okung’s Twitter centered around Critical Thinking, Societal Analysis, & Bitcoin; The power of social media in our disinformation landscape 1:10:20 - The Twitter Censorship of Trump and the crazy conspiracy theorists in the Qanon community; Free Speech and the definition of the Public Square in modern society 1:35:40 - Attacking ideas vs attacking people; Generalization; Malcolm Gladwell’s “Talking To Strangers” 1:49:24 - The Twitter banning of the Red Scare Podcast; Discussing The Capital Insurrection and the media response to it; Class warfare 2:05:24 - Political parties have a national brand even at the local level; Politicians falsely billed as “saviors”; Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s leadership and the move of Tech & VC to his city; Elon Musk and thee California State Rep’s Twitter exchange 2:23:37 - Banks & groupthink; Google, Facebook & the problem with company hyper-growth 2:28:44 - Fintech talk 2:34:38 - Peter Thiel’s “Zero to One”; Discussing competition & monopolies 2:40:50 - Currencycloud and cross-border payments; Why banks are in deep trouble because of crypto 2:50:43 - Full defining Fintech; Revisiting Dodd-Frank bank reform 2:56:55 - Alternative lending projects in Fintech; Banks don’t know how to value new-school businesses 3:06:22 - Crypto talk: Bitcoin; Ethereum, DeFi, Staking, and the problems with the legacy financial system 3:17:24 - Printing money; How do we educate people on crypto; Bitcoin as the creation that prevents future wars ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ S