Life, Energy, and Entropy | The Jason Lowery Series | Episode 4 (WiM140)

Jason Lowery from the US Space Force joins me for a multi-episode series exploring the first principles of physics, the ubiquity of organic power projection, and how Bitcoin changes the game. Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUEST Jason's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonPLowery 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 The Scummy Membranes at the Dawn of Life 00:05:10 The Problem with Trust at Scale 00:10:15 Life as Any Open System that Imports Energy and Exports Entropy 00:14:12 Bubbles of Order within the Maelstrom of Nature 00:18:40 The Defensibility of Property and the Sophistication of Civilization 00:21:49 The Species-Level Evolutionary Advantage of Aging 00:25:52 Sexual Reproduction, Death, and the Intensity of Exchange 00:28:59 Self-Awareness Across Time as the Ultimate Survival Strategy 00:30:46 NYDIG 00:31:54 Genetic Information as a River Flowing Through Time 00:34:53 The Danger of Subduing Human Nature… 00:38:14 The Power Projection Game is Ruthlessly Egalitarian 00:40:51 To Trust Incentives is to Reduce the Need for Interpersonal Trust 00:45:05 Nuclear Armament as a 51% Attack on The Global Power Projection Game 00:47:39 An Intra-Speceil Surrogate to War is Necessary for Individual Sovereignty 00:50:44 Proof-of-Work: A Fair Power Projection Competition over Property 00:54:38 “Human in the Loop” as the Limiting Factor in All Future Warfare 00:59:06 The Nuclear-Hardened History of TCP/IP and Protocol Network Effects 01:05:18 The Dynamic Tension Between Centralization and Decentralization 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