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
00:01:09 Robert's Intro
00:05:20 Humanity’s missteps – 1000 years wasted
00:07:20 Struggles inventing the Printing Press
00:08:36 Trajan’s Column & forgetting that the world is round
00:11:04 Native Americans & Failure to Grasp the Wheel
00:13:20 Starting a Fire in Cyberspace with the Bitcoin Network
00:14:40 Guns, Germs & Steel – Stressors makes us Harder & Stronger
00:16:20 Formation of Great Cities at the Center of Empires
00:18:20 The Logic of Empire – Economics, Customs, Taxation
00:20:04 Carthago Delenda Est
00:20:51 The Battle of Lepanto
00:21:37 Venetian Catholics
00:22:41 Channeling & capturing energy via Religion
00:23:41 Manhattan – Nexus of the Bond Market
00:25:06 Amsterdam – Nautical Distribution Center
00:25:49 Martin Luther & the Economic Impetus for the Reformation
“It’s useful to have God on your side”
00:27:56 Failed Cities are at the center of Failed Empires
00:28:11 Paris & Cathedral of Notre Dame
Living Off the Vestiges of an Empire Long Passed
00:29:11 The Steel Age. “Technology reshapes business, politics, life, & the human condition”
00:29:42 Constructing an energy efficient shipping network
00:31:50 Empires produce security Mongolian Security
00:33:06 Bitcoin primary value proposition is security in the virtual domain
00:34:21 Money is power, control of virtual money can provide physical security
00:34:31 Plight of the German Jews in the 30s – Economic Refugees
00:36:31 Rail Networks – Impact on Economics, Politics, & War
00:37:41 The River War – Winston Churchill
00:39:41 Railroads in the United States (Manifest Destiny)
Railroads are 1000x faster, stronger
00:40:38 Standard Oil (Storing & Channeling Energy via Petroleum)
00:42:15 Importance of creating scarcity in oil & standardizing components & quality
00:43:50 1000x more energy. “Some people can’t do a nickel worth of work”
00:45:23 Food Energy Networks
00:45:54 Stabilizing Food Energy at Room Temperature
00:46:46 Origin of CPG Branding
00:47:18 Marjorie Merriweather Post
00:48:21 Challenges of moving energy thru time & space
00:49:11 Manufacturing Food Products as a Store of Value
00:49:31 Hershey PA Factory as Clean Room Facility
00:51:55 Bitcoin as “The best branded asset in the history of the world”
00:52:13 Great growth companies are powered by technology
00:54:01 Nontechnology strategies to grow a business
00:55:19 John D. Rockefeller success
00:55:52 Steel & Aluminum – Elemental Forces
00:56:21 Steel – Elemental to all Civil Engineering & Modern Architecture
00:57:26 Challenges of refining steel
00:58:34 Challenges of explosives
00:59:11 Attributes of Steel that make it ideal for Civil Engineering
01:00:07 Aluminum – Elemental to the Aerospace Industry
01:02:21 Energy Networks – Rail, Air, Food, Oil
01:03:09 Impact of Technology on Life Expectancy (1900 to 1950)
01:04:14 Antibiotics & Conquest of Infectious Disease
01:07:31 Innovation thru trial and error
01:08:01 “The future is already with us, it’s just not evenly distributed”
01:08:08 Robert's Outro
01:43:41 The End
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