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Robert Breedlove | Bitcoin and The American Dream | The Weinstein Series | Episode 5 (WiM100)

Eric Weinstein joins Robert Breedlove for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money. OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:08 The Systemic Failure of Modern Socioeconomic Incentives 00:04:27 The Importance of “Paying People in Immorality” 00:07:02 “The American Dream Has Stopped Paying a Dividend” 00:09:22 Atheism and the Disincentives to Accomplishment […]

December 28, 2021 by
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Robert Breedlove | A System of Stratified Lies | The Weinstein Series | Episode 4 (WiM095)

Eric Weinstein joins Robert Breedlove for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money. OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:08 Kayfabe and Kayfabrication: A System of Stratified Lies 00:05:00 Inauthenticity Cannot Be Separated from Authenticity 00:08:08 “The Idealism of Every Age is the Cover Story for Its Thefts” 00:09:30 The Inauthenticity […]

December 20, 2021 by
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Robert Breedlove | The Gamesmanship of Money | The Weinstein Series | Episode 3 (WiM091)

Eric Weinstein joins Robert Breedlove for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money. Find episodes 1 and 2 here. OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:08 Bitcoin as Coercion-Resistant Money 00:01:39 The Byzantine General’s Problem and “Build Back Better” 00:04:49 “Owning Nothing, but Controlling Everything” 00:08:46 More Efficient to Own the […]

December 13, 2021 by
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Robert Breedlove | Bitcoin Threat Vectors | The Weinstein Series | Episode 2 (WIM086)

Eric Weinstein joins Robert Breedlove for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money. Find episodes 1 and 3 here. OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:08 Bitcoin Mining as the Bridge Between Digital and Physical 00:02:36 The Issue of Theft 00:05:04 Transactional Anonymity and the Value Proposition of Bitcoin 00:07:57 Bitcoin’s […]

December 7, 2021 by
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Robert Breedlove | Gauge Theory, Gold, and Bitcoin | The Weinstein Series | Episode 1 (WiM079)

Eric Weinstein joins Robert Breedlove for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money. Find episodes 2 and 3 here. OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:08 Introduction to Gauge Theory 00:06:06 Wittgenstein’s Ruler, Invariance, and Co-Variance 00:08:36 General Relativity, Prices, and Inflation 00:10:58 Gauge Theory Says There is No “Universal Level” […]

November 26, 2021 by