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A Truth-Seeker's Story of Surviving Cancel Culture with Dr. Simon Goddek (WiM422) Jan 15, 2024

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Dr. Simon Goddek joins me to discuss the consequences scientists faced for speaking out against Plandemic, losing his job and having his bank accounts frozen, the dangers of censorship, and the negative effects of pseudo-scientific money.
Dr. Simon Goddek is a Sau Paulo-Based Science Journalist. His field of expertise is Aquaponics and Vitamin D.
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:29 - Intro
00:02:02 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:48 - Introducing Dr. Simon Goddek
00:04:01 - Simon's Pinned Post on Twitter
00:05:25 - Simon's Career Story
00:15:15 - Investigating a Research Paper
00:20:40 - Getting Dismissed from the University
00:23:50 - Fresh Start in Brazil
00:26:07 - Controversial Twitter Post
00:30:10 - Getting Back on Twitter
00:34:05 - Fighting a Lawsuit
00:38:10 - Questioning the Science
00:39:12 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:40:17 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:41:27 - Understanding Complex Systems
00:43:25 - Frozen Bank Account
00:45:42 - Moving to Brazil
00:49:28 - Starting Vitamin D Business
00:52:39 - Immunological Significance of Vitamin D
00:55:26 - Misinformation About Lockdown
00:59:40 - Tyranny and Free Speech
01:03:18 - The Context of Private Property
01:04:32 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro
01:05:39 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:06:46 - Negative Effects of Pseudo-Scientific Money
01:09:32 - Keynesian Economics and Financial Monopoly
01:13:48 - Self-Deception of Humanity and What Can Be Done to Fight it
01:20:50 - Where to Find Simon on the Internet
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Why Ideology is an Incomplete Mythology | Maps of Meaning Series | Episode 5 (WiM421) Jan 12, 2024

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Luke de Wolf joins me for a multi-episode conversation exploring the excellent book "Maps of Meaning" by Jordan Peterson. In this episode we discuss the subject-object duality and causality as subcategories of human action, the importance of apprenticeship and freedom, and why Ideology is an incomplete mythology.
Luke de Wolf is the co-host of the Freedom Footprint Show.
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Book: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:38 - Intro
00:02:11 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:58 - Introducing Luke de Wolf
00:04:05 - Myths as Compilation of Metaphorical Statements
00:06:25 - The Link Between Metaphor and Money
00:10:55 - Metaphor Changes with Technology
00:12:34 - Subjective and Objective Nature of Prices
00:15:50 - Parallels Between Prices and Myths
00:19:10 - Why Subject-Object Duality and Causality Are Subcategories of Human Action
00:30:00 - What is an Object in the Absence of a Frame of Reference
00:41:14 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:42:19 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:43:29 - Discipline and Subjugation
00:49:50 - Apprenticeship and Freedom
00:57:59 - The Meaning of Freedom
01:02:50 - Transmission of Cultural Knowledge
01:06:19 - Importance of Self-Discipline
01:11:25 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro
01:12:32 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:13:39 - Why Ideology is an Incomplete Mythology
01:31:00 - Attraction of Ideology
01:35:35 - Nuances in Mythology and Religious Texts
01:45:46 - Initiating Adolescents Into Society
02:02:26 - Summary of the Chapter
// PODCAST //
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Examining The World's Best Speech on Money with Yaron Brook (WiM420) Jan 10, 2024

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Yaron Brook joins me to discuss Francisco's money speech by Ayn Rand, the concept of value for value, the vicious cycle of looting, and the link between money, property rights, and morality.
Yaron Brook is an entrepreneur, writer, and public intellectual. He is the current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute. He is also the co-founder of BHZ Capital Management LP.
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:42 - Intro
00:02:15 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:03:01 - Introducing Yaron Brook
00:03:29 - Francisco's Money Speech by Ayn Rand
00:06:48 - Libertarian Philosophy and Austrian Economics
00:11:30 - Who Inspired Ayn Rand?
00:14:02 - How Everything Began with Ayn Rand
00:16:09 - Who is Francisco d'Anconia?
00:17:19 - Money: Trading Value for Value
00:25:55 - Money Gains Value through Production
00:29:19 - Importance of Proof of Work
00:31:18 - Money, Energy, and Morality
00:38:53 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:39:58 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:41:08 - Money and Property Rights
00:43:00 - Creating Values and Earning Money
00:49:37 - Risk, Reward, and Time in Capitalism
00:51:13 - Importance of Making Stealing Unprofitable
00:54:46 - Wanting Something for Nothing
00:57:10 - The Vicious Cycle of Looting
01:01:37 - The Marxist Mantra
01:03:31 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro
01:04:37 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:05:44 - Degree of Productiveness and Reward
01:09:17 - Innovation is a Product of Freedom
01:10:27 - From Win-Loss to Loss-Loss
01:14:29 - Morality of Lying
01:18:56 - Ayn Rand's View of Morality
01:20:22 - The Problem with Fiat Money
01:26:37 - The Founding Principles of America
01:31:53 - Other Work by Ayn Rand
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Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
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The Most Important Question in the World Today | Episode 10 | (WiM419) Jan 08, 2024

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"What is Money?" is the rabbit that leads us down the proverbial rabbit hole. It is the most important question for finding truth in the world. In this series, we will pursue this "rabbit" by engaging in a diversity of deep conversations with deep thinkers from different walks of life.
The 'What is Money?' series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2jAZ0x9H0bQK3QrEDDfxj8_-fFNvL4j4
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:41 - Intro
00:02:14 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:03:01 - What is Money? - Jason Lowery (WiM315)
00:12:35 - What is Money? - Mark Goodwin (WiM313)
00:13:08 - Money is Energy and Information - Samson Mow (WiM326)
00:19:56 - Money is Purchasing Power (WiM317)
00:21:17 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:22:22 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Walle
00:23:32 - The Love of Money - Andy Schoonover (WiM321)
00:27:34 - Answering the Question "What is Money?" (WiM309)
00:41:05 - Austrian Economists and What is Money? - Vijay Boyapati (WiM324)
00:48:17 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro
00:49:24 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
00:50:30 - Money is Opportunity - Andrew Bustamante (WiM328)
00:55:47 - Money is the Means and Ends of All Warfare - Andrew Bustamante (WiM328)
00:57:37 - Money and the Number Zero (WiM304)
// PODCAST //
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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Fighting for the Freedom of Julian Assange with Stella Assange (WiM418) Jan 05, 2024

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Stella Assange joins me to discuss her involvement with WikiLeaks, her relationship with Julian Assange, the fight against the state's corruption, and the ways to help free Julian Assange.
Stella Assange is a human rights lawyer. She is the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. She is currently running a campaign to free Julian from prison.
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:30 - Intro
00:02:03 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:49 - Introducing Stella Assange
00:03:16 - Personal Background
00:06:10 - Getting Involved in WikiLeaks
00:10:00 - Meeting with Julian Assange
00:11:35 - Totally New Media Paradigm
00:13:10 - Introduction to WikiLeaks
00:14:45 - Universal Criticism of WikiLeaks by Governments
00:23:00 - Personal Relationship with Julian
00:30:03 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:31:08 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:32:18 - Legal Battle of Julian's Case
00:44:22 - The Espionage Act
00:46:00 - The Fight Against State's Corruption
00:53:24 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro
00:54:27 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
00:55:35 - Confining the Free Speech
01:01:18 - Contributing to the Campaign to Free Julian
01:09:39 - Where to Find Stella on the Internet
// 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?
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// WRITTEN WORK //
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Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

Mythology and the Meaning of Meaning | Maps of Meaning Series | Episode 4 (WiM417) Jan 03, 2024

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Luke de Wolf joins me for a multi-episode conversation exploring the excellent book "Maps of Meaning" by Jordan Peterson. In this episode, we discuss the story of Osiris, Isis, and Horus, the perspective of evil, the importance of intellectual humility, and how mythology gets us into praxeology.
Luke de Wolf is the co-host of the Freedom Footprint Show.
// GUEST //
Twitter: https://twitter.com/btcPseudoFinn
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@FreedomFootprint
Book: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/
// SPONSORS //
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:38 - Intro
00:02:11 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:57 - Introducing Luke de Wolf
00:03:09 - The Story of Osiris, Isis and Horus
00:07:30 - The Power of Storytelling
00:09:06 - The Conflict of Order and Chaos
00:10:57 - The Perspective of Evil
00:17:37 - Death of Osiris and Collapse of Order
00:19:51 - Isis and Horus
00:24:40 - The Nature of Evil
00:28:41 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:29:45 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:30:55 - Transmission of Mythology
00:33:16 - The Eye of Horus
00:35:55 - The Process of Civilization
00:39:38 - The Importance of Intellectual Humility
00:42:29 - The Need for a Hero
00:46:22 - Mechanism of Complex Structure
00:49:10 - Collective Outcome Through Individualism
00:54:52 - The Meaning of Meaning
00:58:49 - The Meaning of Bitcoin
01:06:53 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro
01:08:00 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:09:06 - How Mythology Gets Us Into Praxeology
01:16:24 - Conciliation of Religious Views
01:19:23 - Learning Through Imitation
01:22:47 - Summary
01:26:55 - Topics for the Next Episode
// 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?
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// WRITTEN WORK //
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Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace | Crypto Anarchist Series | Episode 3 (WiM416) Jan 02, 2024

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Max Hillebrand joins me for a series of conversations covering various works on crypto-anarchism. In this episode, we discuss "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" written by John Perry Barlow.
Max Hillebrand is a free software entrepreneur building tools to empower individual sovereignty.
Paper: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dltr/vol18/iss1/2/
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:27 - Intro
00:02:00 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:46 - Introducing Max Hillebrand
00:03:22 - A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
00:10:07 - Background of John Perry Barlow
00:11:27 - Internet & Cyberspace: The New Frontier
00:14:28 - Significance of Internet
00:19:37 - Supremacy of the Human Mind
00:25:20 - The Ability to Say ‘No’
00:26:57 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:28:02 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:29:11 - Shifting the Power of Authority
00:32:53 - Where Physical Coercion Doesn’t Work
00:34:38 - Government Attempts to Control Cyberspace
00:39:03 - The Diffusion and Development of Knowledge
00:45:14 - The Fight Against Internet Domestication
00:47:03 - Sophisticated Tool Using Creatures
00:50:00 - Two Great Axioms of Praxeology
00:53:11 - Codes, Ethics, and Culture
00:54:50 - Social Contract in Cyberspace
01:00:43 - A Realm of Transactions
01:02:43 - Equality in the Eyes of the Law
01:05:49 - The Power of Anonymity
01:08:06 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro
01:09:12 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:10:18 - The Ethics of Bitcoin
01:15:43 - The Telecommunications Act of 1996
01:19:03 - The Terrifying Potential of Bitcoin
01:23:31 - The Line of Good and Evil
01:26:08 - From Broad-Casting to Narrow-Casting
01:31:16 - The Ridiculous Claim To Own Speech
01:32:18 - Responsibility and Consequence for Actions
// 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?
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// WRITTEN WORK //
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How the Corruption of Money Corrupts Everything with Robert Breedlove (WiM415) Dec 29, 2023

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Ben Wehrman interviews Robert Breedlove about how the corruption of money corrupts everything, the common misconceptions around different social structures, the importance of private property, and how Bitcoin flips global corruption on its head.
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:15 - Intro
00:01:48 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:34 - Introduction / Robert's Backstory
00:08:16 - Taxes 101 / How Taxation Has Been Used & Abused Throughout History
00:17:03 - How Bitcoin Changes The Calculus of Taxation
00:18:44 - The Importance of Consensual Exchange / Natural Competition
00:25:14 - The Problem With The State Getting Infinite "Free Rolls"
00:27:38 - How the Federal Reserve Money Printer Ruins Everything
00:31:36 - Benefits of Bringing Money Management to the Local Level
00:33:58 - The Self-Refuting Logic of Statism
00:36:53 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:37:58 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:39:07 - Are Wealthy Billionaires The Problem...or is it Politicians & Central Banks?
00:47:47 - How Bitcoin Fixes All of the Above
00:51:44 - Why Systemic Change vs. Leadership Change
00:55:20 - Focus on the Incentives
00:57:00 - Capitalism vs. Socialism vs. Communism
01:07:40 - How Capitalism Takes Human Nature & Rationality Into Account
01:14:07 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro
01:15:13 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:16:20 - The Importance of Private Property
01:22:06 - How the Corruption of Money Leads to Corruption of Everything Else
01:30:06 - Discussion on "Slavery" Through A Modern Lens
01:35:35 - "We Are Living Through the Intellectual & Economic Dark Ages" / How Eliminating the Money-Printer Flips the Script
01:42:58 - The Return to Morality / Bitcoin Fixes This
// PODCAST //
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
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// WRITTEN WORK //
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Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

Bitcoin as UberMoney: Nietzsche's Missing Ingredient with Aleks Svetski (WiM414) Dec 27, 2023

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Aleks Svetski joins me to talk about his article UberMoney published in the Bitcoin Times Energy Edition. We discuss the conception of power, energy, and time, the morality of political power, the apolitical nature of Bitcoin, and the significance of moral integrity.
Aleks Svetski is the co-author of The UnCommunist Manifesto. He is also the founder of The Bitcoin Times publication and The Spirit of Satoshi.
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:39 - Intro
00:02:12 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:58 - Introducing Aleksandar Svetski
00:04:17 - Inspiration Behind UberMoney
00:09:08 - Dimensions of Nietzsche's Philosophy
00:15:00 - Propagating Cultural Transmission
00:19:09 - The Conception of Power, Energy, and Work
00:31:00 - Morality of Political Power
00:37:55 - Coercive Political Power
00:42:29 - Consensual Political Hierarchy
00:47:25 - Authoritarian Society and Bitcoin
00:49:31 - Apolitical Nature of Bitcoin
00:53:11 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:54:14 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:55:24 - The Nature of Energy, Bitcoin, and Time
01:04:26 - The Importance of Incentive, Quality, and Excellence
01:14:40 - Human Progression and Dating Psychology
01:16:28 - Responsibility Determines True Strength
01:24:56 - Equality of Outcome and Equality of Opportunity
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01:32:29 - Freedom and Responsibility
01:34:17 - Good Words, Bad Meanings
01:38:49 - Imitation of Excellence
01:43:19 - Power and Moral Integrity
01:54:39 - Self-Ownership and Responsibility
01:57:12 - Active Participation and the Element of Luck
02:03:21 - Conclusion and Upcoming Work
02:03:48 - How to Find Aleks' Work
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What the 1920s Can Tell Us About Money Today | The Twilight of Gold Series | Episode 17 (WiM413) Dec 26, 2023

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My friend and fellow student of money codenamed "Lester" joins me for a multi-episode conversation exploring the excellent book "The Twilight of Gold" by Melchior Palyi.
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00:00:28 - Intro
00:02:01 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:47 - Influence of Bitcoin Price
00:08:08 - True Liberalism vs. Left-Right Political Spectrum
00:21:45 - Bitcoin and the Left-Right Dichotomy
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00:29:53 - Mythology of Price Stability
00:34:35 - What Caused the Financial Depression of the 1920s
00:39:04 - False Apprehension of Gold
00:42:52 - Deception of Credit Expansion
00:45:14 - 100-Year Credit Cycle
00:48:33 - Self-Equilibrating Nature of the Free Market
00:53:00 - Economic Similarities between the 1920s and the 2020s
01:04:05 - The Problem with Dollar Hegemony
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01:12:40 - Engaging in Currency Speculation
01:15:36 - Non-Productive Outcome of Financial Engineering
01:19:55 - Financial Differences Between the 1920s and the 2020s
01:24:47 - Scarcity and Elasticity
01:29:57 - Inevitable Steps of Inflation
01:32:49 - Future Predictions and Probabilities vs. Certainties
01:37:18 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion
// PODCAST //
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