258. Investment on a Bitcoin Standard

This week, we host Robert Breedlove, one of the sharpest minds thinking and writing about the deeper implications of bitcoin. We discuss Robert's work on the parallels between the number zero and bitcoin, how bitcoin is digital alchemy, fiat money and slavery, and bitcoin as our most brilliant idea. Robert blogs on breedlove22.medium.com His Twitter account is: @Breedlove22 Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses and read chapters of hi...

18 Marras 20201h 14min

We are joined by Dr. James Todaro MD to discuss fiat medicine and fiat science, and the free market alternative he is pursuing. James is a bitcoiner and medical doctor who conducted highly important research this year, and saw it censored and attacked by media and scientific authorities. James later helped uncover a completely fraudulent article based on fabricated data published in The Lancet. Six months from its publication, we reflect to see what this study and its retraction teach us abou...

11 Marras 20201h 12min

In today's seminar we begin by discussing bitcoin's price rise light and how the analysis in The Bitcoin Standard has held up since then. We then move on to discussing Coronahysteria and how so many otherwise reasonable people have been scared into believing ridiculous hysterical nonsense. Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here. THE BITCOIN ...

7 Marras 20201h 56min

In this seminar we are joined by Jordan Schachtel, an investigative reporter who has covered the global coronahysteria crisis from its genesis, and proven one of the very few people who has thought and written about it rationally. Jordan discusses the lack of evidence for the interventions being presented as the cutting edge of science. He shares his investigations into some of the leading alarmists and the incoherence of their hysterical messages. He discusses the origin of the hysteria and ...

31 Loka 20201h 40min

In this seminar we host Michael Goldstein, @bitstein, of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute. We discuss our two favorite topics: bitcoin and meat. Michael curated justmeat.co a page with very rich resources on meat, including the amazing story of Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. We are also fortunate to have among our attendees in the seminar Timothy Allen, filmmaker, adventurer, and photographer who has spent years traveling with nomadic tribes in the Arctic and worked on the BBC's Human P...

24 Loka 20202h 10min

We are joined this week by Stephan Livera who moderates a debate between Saifedean and Alex Gladstein, of the Human Rights Foundation, on the question of whether bitcoin is a democratic technology. Alex has written on how bitcoin can protect free speech. Articles and Books mentioned in the episode: Hoppe: Democracy: The God That FailedWhy Monarchies Rule for standards of living Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses and read chapters of...

17 Loka 20201h 45min

After five years of eating nothing but meat, Saifedean explains everything he learned about how to grill a steak, and why to grill it. Being well-nourished with meat is the best way to avoid getting addicted to highly-addictive processed junk. In this week's seminar, Saifedean discusses the most important things he learned about sourcing and preparing meat to stay healthy, as well as some of the most relevant readings that have shaped his thinking on this topic, and the connection between fia...

12 Loka 20201h 57min

We are joined this week by Pierre Rochard, of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute, to talk about: The fixed supply of bitcoin How bitcoin differs from other moneys The significance of having a supply that can be verified cheaply The importance of savings The difference between savings and investments BitcoinAcks: Pierre's new initiative for open source financing of bitcoin development Some of my favorite articles by Pierre: The Bitcoin Central Bank's Perfect Monetary Policy End the Fed, Hoard...

2 Loka 20201h 42min