Social Network Geometry | The Geoffrey West Series | Episode 4 (WiM147)

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 Language as a Technology and the Discovery of the Future 00:07:22 The Human Imagination as Our Most Powerful Tool 00:10:36 Innovating “Imagined Orders” and the Industrial Revolution 00:15:15 The City as a Scaled Representation of the Human Brain? 00:20:42 Where Does the Geometric Structure of Social Networks Come From? 00:24:22 The Speculation Supporting Dunbar’s Number… 00:29:02 Niche Construction and the Psychological Impact of Corrupt Money 00:32:52 Principles of Physics Underlying the Geometry of Social Networks? 00:38:03 Dynamic Network Tension Between Physical Possibility and Information Throughput 00:40:36 NYDIG 00:41:44 Impact of The Digital Age on Social Network Geometry 00:44:10 Historical Telecommunication Revolutions 00:47:54 A Historical Look at the Physical Possibility and Information Throughput of Money… 00:51:03 Geoffrey’s Trouble Conceptualizing Money… 00:54:42 Energy Expenditure is the Mechanism which Secured Gold’s Money Supply 00:58:37 Free Exchange, Positive Feedback Loops, and Emergent Properties 01:03:33 Social Networks are Bound by the Free Exchange of Information 01:06:44 Emergent Properties as the “Whines and Squeals” of Amplified Positive Feedback Loops 01:10:10 Positive Feedback Loops and the Amplification of Ideas 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