Bitcoin, Truth, and Power with Erik Cason (WiM122)

Erik Cason Joins me for an in-depth conversation exploring some of his written works and Kantian philosophy related to the nature of truth and power in the context of Bitcoin’s emergence.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Erik’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Erikcason
Erik’s Website: http://cryptosovereignty.org/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 The Military Value of Cryptoassets
00:05:09 Bitcoin as a Refusal of the Praxis of Violence
00:08:40 Physical Power vs. Political Power
00:11:58 The Nature of True Crypto-Sovereignty
00:16:00 Encountering Truth and Emergence of the Cyphernet
00:21:00 Money as the Prime Mover; Organizations are Applications of Money
00:25:07 The Incentives Underlying Statism
00:29:21 Satoshi as Homo Sacer
00:35:54 Satoshi as a Pioneer of a New Digital Continent
00:43:01 Bitcoin Kicking Off the “Knife Fight Between Nation-States”
00:48:37 Agape and the Encounter with the “Perfect Other”
00:57:48 Human Nature: A Core Component of Bitcoin
01:01:04 NYDIG
01:02:12 An Economic Machine of Truth Requires Proof-of-Work
01:07:54 Bitcoin is Parasiticide to Bureaucracy
01:17:05 Reimagining the Meta-Structures Superimposed on Power Relations
01:21:31 The Inversion of Politics: “Truth, Not Authority, Makes Legitimacy”
01:32:06 Physics-Rooted Encryption Bringing Humans Nearer to Natural Law?
01:40:23 Enlightenment as the Emergence of Nonage
01:47:24 All Human Decrees by Fiat are Attempts at Playing God
01:58:22 A Hopeful Vision for the Adaptation of Statism to Bitcoin
02:02:02 Enlightenment Requires the Free Use of Human Reason
02:11:11 Bitcoin as the Only Antidote to the Self-Deception of Fiat
02:16:09 3% Global Adoption as a Catalyst to Hyperbitcoinization?
02:21:21 “Righteous Anger is that which is Directed at Resolution”
02:27:11 The Risk of a Core Error in Bitcoin
02:29:20 The Paradoxical Concourse of Human Politics

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass 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-2022-26217
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22
Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack