WiM038 - The Geoffrey Miller Series | Episode 1 | Money is Liquid Fitness

Geoffrey Miller joins me for a multi-episode series exploring evolutionary psychology, virtue signaling, history, markets, money, and Bitcoin/crypto. Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUEST Geoffrey's twitter: https://twitter.com/primalpoly/media Geoffrey's website: https://www.primalpoly.com/ CHANNEL 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: EPISODE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:05 NYDIG 00:01:23 Introduction to Geoffrey Miller 00:03:00 Principles of Darwinism 00:04:46 The Foundation of Evolutionary Psychology 00:12:12 Different Levels of Evolutionary Selection 00:15:44 Costly Signaling Theory in Connection to Economics 00:23:56 Money is Liquid Fitness 00:30:40 Bitcoin as Highly Defensible Wealth 00:38:21 Digitization of Property Rights 00:42:12 Government as a Parasite 00:48:50 The Power Bitcoin has Over the Government 00:55:45 Bitcoin as an Existential Threat to Government 01:02:40 The Significance of Signaling Theory 01:09:20 Virtue Signaling 01:16:48 Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work 01:22:13 Decentralization of Bitcoin Mining 01:28:53 Wealth Disparity in a Proof of Stake Based Economy 01:33:37 Bitcoin and Censorship Resistance 01:38:55 Evolutionary Psychology and Bitcoin 01:41:14 The Role of Bitcoin Toxicity in its Success 01:46:51 The Real Threats to Bitcoin 01:49:58 How Behavioral Sciences Can Benefit Bitcoin 01:55:10 Holding Bitcoin as a Virtue Signal 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 BUSINESSES I LIKE: Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/ Use Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plans Buy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZ Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/