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With Good Reason | The Platonic Philosophy Series | Episode 2 (WiM203) Aug 17, 2022

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In this special edition series, I will be joined by multiple thinkers and philosophers to discuss Platonic and Neoplatonic philosophy. This ongoing series of conversations will focus on the nature of goodness, truth, justice, freedom, beauty, reason, and love. My first guest in this series is the eminent cognitive scientist and philosopher John Vervaeke, and we examine D.C. Schindler's masterpiece "Plato's Critique of Impure Reason: On Goodness and Truth in the Republic."

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John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john
Plato's Critique of Impure Reason: https://www.amazon.com/Platos-Critique-Impure-Reason-Goodness/dp/0813228247#:~:text=Plato's%20Critique%20of%20Impure%20Reason%20offers%20a%20dramatic%20interpretation%20of,real%20image%22%20of%20the%20good.

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Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Swan Private
00:01:37 “Value” vs “The Good”: The Goal of All Human Action
00:10:00 The Through-Line to Economic, Intellectual, and Moral Value
00:16;10 Distinguishing Intrinsic from Instrumental Goodness
00:24:20 Aristotelean Subject-Object Metaphysics and the Mediating Third
00:28:28 The Academy’s Misapprehension of Platonic Philosophy
00:29:54 On the Absolute Goodness of Justice
00:34:46 Intrinsic Existence vs Attributed Existence: Gravity vs Money
00:40:38 Variants Coalesce to Invariants Within a System: An Analogy to Gravity
00:42:11 Freedom: An Instrumental or Intrinsic Good?
00:49:56 Love and Reason Live In-between the Arbitrary and the Algorithmic
00:54:25 Watch “Hard Money with Natalie Brunell” From Swan Studios
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00:56:20 Direct vs Indirect Observation, Qualitative and Quantitative Tradeoffs
01:03:53 “Falling in Love With Being Again”: A Critique of the “Two Worlds” Mythology
01:07:57 Replacing “Transcendence Above” with “Transcendence Into”
01:14:17 The Good: The Multi-Aspectual Through-Line
01:17:12 “The Question that Can Wake John Vervaeke at 3am”
01:22:03 Distinguishing Between “Relevance” and “Value”
01:27:30 Common Approaches to The Good
01:33:58 “Spinoza’s Religion” and Self-Sufficiency as the Emulation of God
01:41:41 The Inseparability of Human Reason and Love
01:44:44 Bitcoin as Good Money
01:55:20 Translucence: How Symbols Simultaneously Reveal and Conceal
02:04:46 Goodness as Perfective Unity
02:06:48 The Divided Line in the Parable of Plato’s Cave
02:14:00 Plato Emphasizes the Continuity of the Divided-Line: Gradations on the Through-Line
02:20:14 Where the Icon Darkens: Social Media, Fiat Money, and Other False Realities
02:26:23 The Unity of Opposites: The Absolute, Self-Transcending Nature of Love
02:29:07 “Love is the Difficult Realization that Something Other than Yourself Is Real”
02:35:59 Unbroken Wholeness: Religion as the Real Self-Realization of Reality
02:41:30 Dialogical Rationality Supersedes Individual Rationality
02:42:40 “What Would Happen If You Touched the Sunset?”

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A Logic of Violence | The Platonic Philosophy Series | Episode 1 (WiM202) Aug 17, 2022

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Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Swan Private
00:01:37 Introducing the Book “Plato’s Critique of Impure Reason”
00:04:40 The Central Argument of the Book: Enriching Our Understanding of Reason
00:08:34 Ratio (Science and Rationality) and Religio (Connectedness and Religion)
00:11:22 Love as a Proper Proportioning in Service of the Whole
00:15:15 The Deeper Meaning of Reason: “Love for What Is Real”
00:18:09 A Return to the Contemplative, Non-Computational Account of Reason
00:30:15 The Elusive “I”: The Impossibility of Framing the Process of Framing
00:35:53 Theoria: To Contemplate, to Look in the Right Way, to Travel to See
00:40:22 Misology: The Total Abandonment of Reason
00:49:00 How Theory Shapes the Interpretation of Our Perceptions
00:55:45 The Absolute Simultaneously Transcends and Includes the Relative
01:09:15 The Inspiration of John’s Neologism “Transjective”
01:13:39 The Trivialization of Reason, Intellectual Impatience, and Hyperbolic Discounting
01:22:14 Watch “Hard Money with Natalie Brunell” From Swan Studios
01:23:00 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:24:09 Printing Money Causes People to Lose Perspective on the Whole?
01:28:16 Intellectual Impatience, Misology, and Totalitarianism
01:34:10 “The Dictator Wins if He Can Make Everybody as Impulsive as Him”
01:38:22 The Significance of Plato and the Idea of “The Good”
01:45:44 The Good: The Unbreakable Promise of Intelligibility Always Tracking Reality
01:50:43 Science is Based on the Ongoing Faith that Reality is Intelligible
01:57:00 The Through-Line as the True-Line: Is There Universal Darwinism?
02:03:34 The Distortions of Our Present “Cultural Cognitive Grammar”
02:07:26 The Relationship Between the Dialectical and the Dialogical
02:16:48 The Degree of Dialogical Connection Increases Collective Intelligence
02:19:49 Entering Chapter 1: A Logic of Violence
02:30:48 Substituting Faithfulness to The Logos with Totalizing Knowledge Brings Violence
02:39:17 “Hitler Came to Power for A Reason”
02:46:38 Using “Flatland” to Analogize the Transcendence of The Good
02:56:28 “What is Money?” Outro

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The Psychology of Totalitarianism with Mattias Desmet (WiM201) Aug 12, 2022

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Mattias Desmet, author of the book "The Psychology of Totalitarianism," joins me for a conversation on how money, incentives, and media help shape mass-formation psychosis. We also discuss how mass-formation psychosis has manifested historically, and ways we can become less susceptible to these catastrophic delusions.

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Guest
Mattias' Book: https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Totalitarianism-Mattias-Desmet-ebook/dp/B09WYYMR2H/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+psychology+of+totalitarianism&qid=1660245420&sprefix=the+psychology+of+total%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1

Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro
00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:37 Introducing Mattias Desmet
00:10:06 Explaining Prerequisites for Mass-Formation Psychosis
00:19:43 Mass-Formation Psychoses Historically
00:30:42 How has Mass-Formation Psychosis changed over time?
00:39:18 The Relationship between Inflation, Money Printing, & Mass-Formation Psychosis
00:48:06 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios
00:48:51 Take Control of Your Healthcare with Crowd Health
00:50:00 How Money, Incentives, and Media Shape Mass-Formation Psychosis
01:01:54 Human Nature and Programmability
01:21:27 How can Humans “Reprogram” themselves toward Empathic Understanding?
01:32:45 Where to find out more about Mattias's Work
01:35:23 “What is Money” Outro

WRITTEN WORK
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Discrimination and Disparities | The Aneesh Karve Series | Episode 1 (WiM200) Aug 10, 2022

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Entrepreneur Aneesh Karve joins me for a detailed conversation about the book "Discrimination and Disparities," written by Thomas Sowell. We discuss how governments manipulate statistics and how intervening in free markets leads to more inequality and less wealth creation.

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Guest
Aneesh's Twitter: https://twitter.com/akarve
Aneesh's Written Work: https://akarve.com/complexity-austrian-economics-computational-limits-of-central-planning/

Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro
00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:37 Discussing how Governments Manipulate Statistics to their Benefit
00:05:32 How Free Markets Incentives Inequality & Production
00:10:01 How Pre-Requisites Disincentives Wealth Creation & Encourages Statistical Manipulation
00:21:43 How Inequality & Power Law Distributions Benefit Wealth Creation
00:26:14 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios
00:27:00 Take Control of Your Healthcare with Crowd Health
00:28:08 Explaining the “Paraded Principle”
00:31:32 History of Discrimination leading to Economic Downfalls
00:36:58 Statistical Outcomes amongst Family Birth Order
00:40:31 Discussing the “Invincible Fallacy” & how Government Intervention creates Inequality
00:51:07 Minimum Wage & Infringing on Free Markets
00:55:08 “What is Money” Outro

WRITTEN WORK
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The "Value for Value" Movement with Adam Curry (WiM199) Aug 09, 2022

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Adam Curry, entrepreneur, former MTV DJ & host of the podcast "No Agenda", joins me for a conversation about the "value for value" movement in podcasting 2.0 and beyond.

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Guest
Adam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamcurry
Adam's Website: https://podcastindex.org

Outline
00:00:00 "What is Money" Intro
00:12:32 Creating Podcasting & “Podcasting 2.0”
00:34:20 Explaining how "RSS" & Bitcoin Enables, Freedom of speech
00:41:35 Discussing, "Value for Value Media" & Social Apps
00:47:50 Bitcoin Communities, Beef Initiative & Farming
00:53:20 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios
00:54:06 Take Control of Your Healthcare with Crowd Health
00:55:14 Community vs “One World Government”
01:04:31 What does “Value” mean to you?
01:17:59 Taxation on Intellectual capital
01:24:33 How Bitcoin changes you
01:28:29 Netherland's, Farming Protest & Combating ESG False Narratives
01:42:12 Final Thoughts & Where to find Adam's Work
01:43:36 "What is Money" Outro

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

How Governments Steal | The Lyn Alden Series | Episode 3 (WiM198) Aug 05, 2022

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Macroeconomist and Investment Strategist Lyn Alden joins me for our third installment, discussing the IMF paper titled, "The Liquidation of Government Debt". We have a detailed conversation about the various options the "I.M.F." liquidates government debt, the E.C.B. current financial conundrum, and we ask the question: has there ever been a free market?

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Lyn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact
"The Liquidation of Government Debt" Paper: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2016/12/31/The-Liquidation-of-Government-Debt-42610
Lyn's Website: https://www.lynalden.com

Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro
00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:37 Detailing the Various Options on how the "IMF" Liquidates government debt
00:08:27 Differences in Long Term & Short Term Government Bonds
00:13:25 How Countries try to Incentivize Government Bonds
00:18:19 Discussing the Fed's Ability to buy up Government Bonds
00:25:18 Discussing the E.C.B. Financial Conundrum
00:31:14 Interest Rate Ceilings & Central Banks Influence
00:36:51 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios
00:37:37 Take Control of Your Healthcare with Crowd Health
00:38:45 What is "Debt-Overhang" & How can Bitcoin Help?
00:48:25 Does Bitcoin need Mainstream Acceptance to Succeed?
00:58:17 Discussing the Advantages & Media's Coverage of Bitcoin vs USD & Altcoins
01:06:14 Centralized Attacks on Decentralization, Discussing Bitcoin's Social Layer
01:12:15 Has there ever been a Free Market?
01:17:16 The Lack of Optionality to Escape Currency Debasement prior to Bitcoin
01:21:24 How the Government Incentivizes Real Estate Investment
01:27:11 Final Thoughts & Where to find Lyn's Work
01:27:56 "What is Money" Outro

WRITTEN WORK
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Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism with Cory Klippsten (WiM197) Aug 03, 2022

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CEO & Co-Founder of Swan Bitcoin, Cory Klippsten joins me again for another great conversation about the culture of Bitcoin, the "sunk cost" fallacy within crypto projects & how to best deal with "Bitcoin Toxicity" & ask, is it useful?

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Guest
Cory's Twitter: https://twitter.com/coryklippsten
Swan Bitcoin Website: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/

Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro
00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:37 Discussing their thoughts on why Nassim Taleb is "Anti-Bitcoin"
00:12:47 "Pacific Bitcoin Conference" brought to you by Swan Bitcoin!
00:14:06 Discussing "Dogmatism" & how people can be Dogmatic toward Bitcoin
00:27:05 Discussing Bitcoin Culture Online vs In-Person
00:32:57 Is there anything that could happen to change your mind on Bitcoin?
00:37:39 How does Inflation Affect Bitcoin & Crypto?
00:41:44 How do you Define, "Shitcoins"
00:50:32 Discussing the Economic & Moral Case for Bitcoin vs Altcoins
01:06:56 The Opportunity Costs of Crypto vs Bitcoin
01:10:29 Is "Bitcoin Toxicity" Positive?
01:22:24 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios
01:23:11 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
01:24:19 Discussing the "Sunk Cost" Fallacy with Crypto Projects
01:27:33 Nic Carter, VC Investments, Dealing with Criticism & Creating "Call Option Value" off of Notoriety
01:51:23 Robert's Experience in Dealing with Toxicity vs Nic Carter's
01:59:52 Is Crypto a threat to Bitcoin & Why is it a Net-Negative?
02:04:08 Discussing, What is "Bitcoin Toxicity" & How to use it Effectively
02:10:22 Would "Bitcoin Toxicity" be needed on a "Bitcoin Standard"?
02:15:31 Common Personality Traits among Bitcoiners
02:21:39 How Labels bring on the "Ego" vs "Productivity"
02:25:55 How the Bitcoin Community helps Progress Ideas
02:37:27 Final Thoughts from Cory Klippsten
02:43:39 "What is Money" Outro

WRITTEN WORK
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The Uncommunist Manifesto | The Svetski and Moss Series | Episode 1 (WiM196) Aug 01, 2022

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Alex Svetski & Mark Moss, co-Authors of the book, "The Uncommunist Manifesto", join me for a conversation on how society is slowly deteriorating definitions & personal responsibility. We discuss the origin story of their book and why they think capitalism is so misunderstood.

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Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SvetskiWrites
Mark's Twitter: https://twitter.com/1MarkMoss
"The Uncommunist Manifesto" Website: https://www.uncommunist.com/optin1642549665295

Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro
00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:37 Discussing the Origin Story of, "The Uncommunist Manifesto"
00:08:44 Why do you think, "The Communist Manifesto" had Success?
00:16:02 Defining what is, "Capitalism", "Marxism" & "Marxist" Views
00:29:05 Explaining "Entropy" & Discussing, Why is Capitalism so Misunderstood?
00:37:53 Discussing the Difference Between, "Equality" & "Fairness"
00:52:34 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios
00:53:20 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
00:54:28 Darwinism, Fitness & how Actions Produce Outcomes
01:04:06 What does "Freedom" mean to you?
01:10:11 Defining what "Responsibility" means to you
01:16:52 How the Ability to Respond is the Ultimate Freedom
01:21:33 Defining what "Forcing Function" is & how it's Beneficial to Society
01:26:16 Defining "Power" within Physical & Social Constructs
01:32:36 Defining "Value" & how Money Acts as a Social Construct to Agree on Value
01:38:36 Where to find "The Uncommunist Manifesto" & Alex's & Mark's Work
01:41:52 "What is Money" Outro

WRITTEN WORK
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Fighting for Freedom in Venezuela with Maria Corina Machado (WiM195) Jul 29, 2022

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Venezuelan Politician, Humanitarian & Coordinator for "Vente Venezuela", Maria Corina Machado joins me for an incredible conversation about her story of fighting for freedom in her home country of Venezuela. We discuss Venezuela's poverty & inflation crises, their monopolistic regime & how Maria plans on combating exploitation in Venezuela.

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Maria's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariaCorinaYA
"Vente Venezuela" Website: https://www.ventevenezuela.org
"Vente Venezuela" Twitter: https://twitter.com/ventevenezuela

Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro
00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:37 Introducing Maria & how she started Working in Politics
00:06:15 Discussing Marina’s Credentials & What “Freedom” means to her
00:10:20 What is “Vente Venezuela” & What is the Mission?
00:16:11 Discussing Venezuela's Poverty & Inflation Crises
00:27:20 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios
00:28:07 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth!
00:29:15 Describing Venezuelas Monopolistic Regime & Lessons that can be Learned from its Hardships
00:38:34 How do you Plan on Combating Exploitation in Venezuela
00:45:55 How has Fighting for Freedom Impacted You & Your Family?
00:50:34 How can People get Involved & Help?
00:54:33 Where to find Maria's Work
00:56:43 "What is Money" Outro

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

Bitcoin Mining Masterclass with Dan Roberts (WiM194) Jul 26, 2022

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Dan Roberts, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Iris Energy, joins me for an in-depth conversation about Bitcoin Mining. We discuss what it's like running a Bitcoin Mining company, Bitcoin Mining's energy & production costs, how Bitcoin encourages entrepreneurship & the future of Bitcoin mining.

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GUEST
Dan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/danroberts0101
"Iris Energy" Website: https://irisenergy.co

Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro
00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:37 Introducing Dan & his story into Bitcoin
00:06:48 What led Dan to Bitcoin Mining?
00:10:56 What is Bitcoin Mining?
00:15:38 Relationship between Bitcoin Price & Cost to Mine?
00:19:19 Correlation between Hash Rate & Bitcoin Price
00:25:07 Explaining the “51% Attack” & Why Bitcoin Incentivizes Honesty
00:36:12 Explaining Bitcoin Energy Consumption
00:41:52 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios
00:42:37 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth!
00:43:36 How Bitcoin brings back Honesty in Energy Prices
00:47:50 How is Bitcoin is the “Buyer of Last Resort” for Energy?
00:50:00 Discussing Regulated & Unregulated Operating Markets
00:55:37 How has China Bitcoin Mining Ban Impacted the Mining Market?
01:00:58 Bitcoin Incentivizing Entrepreneurship & other Positive Externalities of Bitcoin Mining
01:08:12 Will Bitcoin help Accelerate the Production of Cheaper Power?
01:11:30 Explaining how “Iris Energy” is “Leading Mining Efficiency”
01:15:38 Discussing the Future of Bitcoin’s Energy Mix
01:20:00 What is it like Working in Bitcoin Mining?
01:22:27 Where to find Dan’s Work
01:23:21 “What is Money” Outro

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

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