Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

00:00:00 Episode Trailer
00:01:05 Swan Bitcoin
00:03:22 Robert's Intro
00:06:56 The Warburgs & the importance of having control of your own capital
00:08:18 George RR Martin SuperHero Theory from “Wild Cards”
00:09:19 Indestructible trumps deadly
00:10:45 Antifragile is superior – absorb your enemies capabilities
00:12:14 Success of the U.S. in the 20th century wars
00:13:13 Importance of fighting wars on foreign soil
00:14:22 Impact of Geography on Geopolitics & Power
00:15:53 Someone that can kill you that you can’t kill…
00:16:30 Importance of Security to the Bitcoin network Be the indestructible, immortal blockchain
00:17:43 Features can be attached to Bitcoin by 3rd Parties
00:20:26 Humans triumph by channeling energy
00:20:35 Control of the seas via naval power to deliver force stronger, faster, harder
00:21:35 Control of the skies via air power – nations must control their own airspace
00:22:35 Don’t want to be at the bottom of the gravity well
00:23:09 Control of nuclear power
00:23:25 Control of space power – satellites
00:24:05 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress / TANSTAFL
00:25:26 Tossing rocks down the gravity well
00:26:15 The story of channeling (gravitational) energy to be harder, stronger, faster, smarter.
00:26:56 ‘The Sovereign Individual’
00:29:02 The Digital “High Seas”
00:30:16 Technology Empowers Individual Sovereignty
00:32:08 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
00:32:55 Investing in S Curves
00:33:32 Technology Fails Until it Succeeds
00:34:14 Paradigm shifts often come at unexpected times in unexpected ways
00:35:08 John Harrison & Discovering Longitude
00:37:12 Establishment rejects new paradigms absent war or generational change
00:37:59 “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”
00:39:19 Robert's Outro
01:16:29 The End

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