WiM001 - The Saylor Series | Episode 1 | The Rise of Man through The Stone and Iron Ages

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build an intellectual foundation for grasping the significance of Bitcoin in the grand arc of history. 00:00:00 - Episode Trailer 00:01:03 - Robert's Intro 00:07:43 - Stone Age Technology 00:07:50 - The Digital Transformation of 2020: Currency & Covid Wars 00:13:08 - The rise of man against the brutality of nature 00:17:23 - Requirements for Survival in a Hostile Universe 00:19:12 - Significance of Fire: channeling chemical energy to evolve 00:21:28 - Foolishness of Heroics & Need to Channel Energy 00:23:48 - Modern arrogance & Paleolithic wisdom 00:25:48 - Energy efficient strategy critical for survival 00:26:44 - “Playing with Fire” is unique to humanity 00:27:17 - Spiritual significance of fire to civilization 00:28:59 - Significance of Missiles – channeling kinetic energy for survival 00:30:06 - Effectiveness of Slings & Arrows in the Ancient World 00:33:38 - Roman Slingers vs. Gaulic Tribes (Second Punic War) 00:34:31 - “Death from Above” : On the Romantic ineffectiveness of close quarters weapons like swords & spears 00:37:10 - Survival Strategy with Missiles 00:38:54 - Dominant Technologies deliver force harder, faster, stronger, smarter Superiority of Digital Gold vs. Physical Gold 00:40:36 - Significance of Hydraulics- channeling gravitational energy via water 00:41:51 - MIT’s Mascot – The Beaver “Nature’s Engineer” channeling water 00:44:05 - Significance of Water to Humanity – Water is Wealth 00:44:46 - Challenges of Life in the Desert – Water is Elemental to Life 00:47:26 - Hunter/Gatherer Myths – a better survival strategy based on channeling water 00:49:54 - Water for food, drink, protection, farming lobsters 00:52:36 - “Nature tends to pursue the most energy efficient strategy” 00:53:15 - Building the pyramids by channeling gravitational energy 00:55:06 - Water for Sanitation – Critical to Civilization - Santorini Epiphany 00:57:40 - Limits of Animal Power – Design of Ancient Cities 00:58:57 - Significance of the Roman Equestrian Class – Ancient Clean Energy 00:59:59 - Mediterranean as the Cradle of Civilization, Ancient Empires 01:03:22 - Agriculture – Orchards & Ponds 01:04:36 - Human Adaptation to Natural Requirements to Survive 01:06:28 - “3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, 3 months without food” 01:08:20 - Roman Superiority in the Ancient World –“Most Organized Society in Ancient World” 01:08:43 - Roman Politics & Natural Life Cycle “The Ides of March” Elections, Religion, Celebration, Taxation, Training, Campaigning 01:12:02 - Roman Roles, Consensus Rules & Balance of Power, Antifragility 01:13:26 - Annual Patterns, Natural Life Cycles, Replenishment & Revitalization 01:14:26 - Virtues of Equity & Opportunity, Perils of Centralized Power, Corruption Romans are Antifragile 01:16:01 - Benefits of Term Limits & Wisdom of Military Career System (Darwinian Progression) 01:18:08 - Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Management Wisdom 01:21:04 - “Everyone needs their turn” - inspiring hope and devotion 01:22:19 - Benefits of Decentralization & equal opportunity “Graveyards are full of tombstones of indispensable men” 01:24:09 - Roman Dignity, Pride, & Honor -Citizenship & Submission to Nature 01:24:45 - Romans suffered no Kings – Accountability Roman System bred Harder, Stronger, Faster, Smarter Individuals 01:27:43 - Roman Army “There was never such thing as a fair fight” Standard tools, techniques – the most organized ancient army 01:30:33 - Roman Military Industrial Complex – Creation of the Roman Navy 01:32:42 - War has a way of quickening innovation & activity – Stealing good ideas 01:33:44 - Roman Roads & Standardized Logistics 01:37:27 - Darwinian & Competitive Advantages of Standardized Protocols 01:39:26 - Roman Aqueducts & Roman Engineering Credo of the Engineer “Construct a better world” 01:41:21 - The Bridge at Alcantara “This bridge will stand for all time” 01:42:49 - Breakdown of the Political & Monetary Protocols & Decline of Rome 01:44:42 - The importance of weights, measures, & truth (Taleb) Importance of respect for natural law to societal health 01:45:29 - Consequences of breaking the laws of nature 01:46:57 - Perils of growth in the political & legal apparatus 01:47:42 - The virtues of pain, dangers of attempting to suppress signal (Taleb) Law of Gravity cannot be Suspended 01:49:42 - Robert's outro 02:20:57 - The End Support me via: SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/breedlo... Bitcoin Address: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22