A System of Stratified Lies | The Weinstein Series | Episode 4 (WiM095)

Eric Weinstein joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money. Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUEST Eric's twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphd Eric's Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/ 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 Kayfabe and Kayfabrication: A System of Stratified Lies 00:05:00 Inauthenticity Cannot Be Separated from Authenticity 00:08:08 “The Idealism of Every Age is the Cover Story for Its Thefts” 00:09:30 The Inauthenticity of Money Causing the Inauthenticity of Politics? 00:13:10 The Prevalence of Politics as Premised on the Violability of Property 00:16:47 Is There Any Justification for Government Coercion? 00:19:01 The Kayfabrication of Central Banking 00:22:55 NYDIG 00:24:03 Markets as the Extension of Evolution by Other Means 00:25:09 Markets as Engines of Mimesis 00:28:41 Culture as a Bulwark Against Central Banking 00:32:07 Culture as Downstream of Terrestrial and Technological Realities? 00:33:33 “Money is Fungible Freedom” 00:34:15 Central Banking and Embedded Growth Obligations (EGOs) 00:39:11 Bitcoiners as the New Gold Bugs? 00:41:50 Economic Consequences of Non-State, Hard Money 00:43:57 The Possibility of Algorithmic Central Banking? 00:50:25 “Bitcoiners Have to Start Thinking Like the Big Dogs” 00:54:11 The Stability of Rules as the Bedrock of Peace 00:55:45 “Satoshi is the George Washington of Money” 01:00:47 Bitcoin Reveals Incompetence of Lack of Ethics Among Leaders 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/ Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22