87. The Great Covid Panic with Paul Frijters

87. The Great Covid Panic with Paul Frijters

In this episode, Saifedean talks to London School of Economics Professor Paul Frijters about his book The Great Covid Panic. They talk about the role played by epidemiologists like Neil Fergusson in encouraging governments to pursue extreme lockdowns, and why mainstream economists failed to properly evaluate the opportunity costs of this policy. They discuss the damage lockdowns have caused and how societies were driven by crowd mentality to engage in largely ineffectual “Covid theatre” such ...

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130. The Fiat Standard: Unwritten Chapters

130. The Fiat Standard: Unwritten Chapters

In this seminar, Saifedean discusses ideas for potential chapters he considered for, but did not end up including in The Fiat Standard. The analytical framework of the book, examining the impact of fi...

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129. Bitcoin Venture Capital with Alyse Killeen

129. Bitcoin Venture Capital with Alyse Killeen

Managing Partner of Stillmark, Alyse Killeen, joins us to discuss investing in bitcoin companies. She explains why Stillmark invests in "bitcoin only" companies, what she looks for in bitcoin startups...

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128. Low Time Preference Football with Kieran Gibbs

128. Low Time Preference Football with Kieran Gibbs

Former England international football player Kieran Gibbs joins us to discuss his bitcoin journey, football career, and thoughts on time preference. Find out how he was orange-pilled by team-mate Hal ...

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127. Why We Get Sick with Dr Benjamin Bikman

127. Why We Get Sick with Dr Benjamin Bikman

Are the world's most common illnesses caused by insulin resistance? In this episode, Dr Benjamin Bikman joins us to discuss his best-selling book “Why We Get Sick”. He argues that insulin resistance i...

23 Aug 20222h 22min

126. Staying Humble & Stacking Sats with Matt Odell

126. Staying Humble & Stacking Sats with Matt Odell

BTC veteran Matt Odell joins us to share his thoughts on the best ways to use bitcoin. We discuss different bitcoin custody options such as trusting third parties, hardware wallets, multisig, and pape...

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125. Learning to Code with Amjad Masad

125. Learning to Code with Amjad Masad

Should you learn to code? Is coding for everyone? Can learning to code make you more employable? Does the value of coding decline in a world of artificial intelligence? Do intellectual property laws h...

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124. Adventures in Late Stage Fiat: CFA Franc with Fodé Diop

124. Adventures in Late Stage Fiat: CFA Franc with Fodé Diop

How did the CFA franc come to be the common currency of 14 West and Central African nations? Who controls it and why did it suddenly lose half of its value in 1994? In this episode, we are joined by s...

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123. Adventures in Late Stage Fiat: Libya with Nasr El-Hadi

123. Adventures in Late Stage Fiat: Libya with Nasr El-Hadi

In this seminar, learners at saifedean.com discuss the current state of the fiat monetary system as the world experiences the dollar strengthening and other fiat currencies weakening. Regular seminar ...

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