A Finite Time Singularity | The Geoffrey West Series | Episode 3 (WiM146)

Theoretical Physicist Geoffrey West joins me for a multi-episode series exploring his excellent book "Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies." Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUEST Geoffrey's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010P7Z8J0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Geoffrey's Profile: https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/geoffrey-west 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?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1 RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript: OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:08 Geoffrey’s (Undisciplined) Approach to Writing… 00:11:00 Physical Activity and Activating the Creative Juices 00:14:58 Tools Geoffrey Uses in the Writing Process 00:17:30 Geoffrey’s Approach to Reading… 00:22:40 Just Write or Edit-as-You-Go? 00:25:45 Cormac McCarthy’s Involvement with Geoffrey’s Written Work 00:30:31 NYDIG 00:31:39 The Scaling Characteristics Specific to Organic Growth 00:37:53 “Social Metabolism”: The Super-Linear Scaling of Inorganic Growth 00:42:37 Could Super-Linear Scaling have an Undiscovered Limiting Factor? 00:44:12 A Possible End to Super-Linear Scaling: A Finite Time Singularity 00:51:36 What is the Nature of Innovation with Paradigm Shifts? 00:54:31 Sustainability as the Intelligent Exportation of Entropy 00:58:18 Harnessing Fossil Fuels and the Attendant Shift to a Global Closed System 01:01:52 Respecting the Role of Scientific Thinking in Socioeconomic System Design 01:05:34 James Maxwell Advocating the Economic Value of Electromagnetism 01:08:30 From Living on Energy Flows to Energy Stocks: The Transition to a Closed System 01:16:56 My Story of Legislation Destroying the Residential Solar Power Business SOCIAL Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​ WRITTEN WORK Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528 The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/ Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217 Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/ Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/ Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack