WiM002 - The Saylor Series | Episode 2 | The Rise of Man through the Dark and Steel Ages

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build an intellectual foundation for grasping the historic significance of Bitcoin. 00:00:00 - Robert's Intro 00:04:19 - Humanity’s missteps – 1000 years wasted 00:06:19 - Struggles inventing the Printing Press 00:07:35 - Trajan’s Column & forgetting that the world is round 00:10:03 - Native Americans & Failure to Grasp the Wheel 00:12:19 - Starting a Fire in Cyberspace with the Bitcoin Network 00:13:39 - Guns, Germs & Steel – Stressors makes us Harder & Stronger 00:15:19 - Formation of Great Cities at the Center of Empires 00:17:19 - The Logic of Empire – Economics, Customs, Taxation 00:19:03 - Carthago Delenda Est 00:19:50 - The Battle of Lepanto 00:20:36 - Venetian Catholics 00:21:40 - Channeling & capturing energy via Religion 00:22:40 - Manhattan – Nexus of the Bond Market 00:24:05 - Amsterdam – Nautical Distribution Center 00:24:48 - Martin Luther & the Economic Impetus for the Reformation “It’s useful to have God on your side” 00:26:53 - Failed Cities are at the center of Failed Empires 00:27:10 - Paris & Cathedral of Notre Dame Living Off the Vestiges of an Empire Long Passed 00:28:10 - The Steel Age. “Technology reshapes business, politics, life, & the human condition” 00:28:41 - Constructing an energy efficient shipping network 00:30:49 - Empires produce security Mongolian Security 00:32:05 - Bitcoin primary value proposition is security in the virtual domain 00:33:20 - Money is power, control of virtual money can provide physical security 00:33:30 - Plight of the German Jews in the 30s – Economic Refugees 00:35:30 - Rail Networks – Impact on Economics, Politics, & War 00:36:40 - The River War – Winston Churchill 00:38:40 - Railroads in the United States (Manifest Destiny) Railroads are 1000x faster, stronger 00:39:37 - Standard Oil (Storing & Channeling Energy via Petroleum) 00:41:14 - Importance of creating scarcity in oil & standardizing components & quality 00:42:49 - 1000x more energy. “Some people can’t do a nickel worth of work” 00:44:22 - Food Energy Networks 00:44:53 - Stabilizing Food Energy at Room Temperature 00:45:45 - Origin of CPG Branding 00:46:17 - Marjorie Merriweather Post 00:47:20 - Challenges of moving energy thru time & space 00:48:10 - Manufacturing Food Products as a Store of Value 00:48:30 - Hershey PA Factory as Clean Room Facility 00:50:54 - Bitcoin as “The best branded asset in the history of the world” 00:51:12 - Great growth companies are powered by technology 00:53:00 - Non-technology strategies to grow a business 00:54:18 - John D. Rockefeller success 00:54:51 - Steel & Aluminum – Elemental Forces 00:55:20 - Steel – Elemental to all Civil Engineering & Modern Architecture 00:56:25 - Challenges of refining steel 00:57:33 - Challenges of explosives 00:58:10 - Attributes of Steel that make it ideal for Civil Engineering 00:59:06 - Aluminum – Elemental to the Aerospace Industry 01:01:20 - Energy Networks – Rail, Air, Food, Oil 01:02:08 - Impact of Technology on Life Expectancy (1900 to 1950) 01:03:13 - Antibiotics & Conquest of Infectious Disease 01:06:30 - Innovation thru trial and error 01:07:00 - “The future is already with us, it’s just not evenly distributed” 01:07:07 - Robert's Outro 01:42:40 - The End Contribute: SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/breedlo... Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Stack sats: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22