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The Pomp Podcast

#1142 Michael Shellenberger | Bitcoin Debate

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Michael Shellenberger is the bestselling author of "Apocalypse Never" and "San Fransicko." He also is the founder of Environmental Progress. In this conversation, we discuss bitcoin and why we don't see eye-to-eye on it. Topics include common core values, confiscation of wealth, security of assets, use cases for bitcoin, and Cyprus banking crisis. 

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0:00.0

What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp

0:07.4

podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Now let's kick this thing off. Michael Schellenberger is the

0:13.8

best-selling author of Apocalypse Never and San Francisco. He also is the founder of environmental progress.

0:22.7

In this conversation, Michael and I discuss Bitcoin and why we don't see eye to eye on it. I really appreciate Michael's views on a whole

0:27.9

bunch of topics, but him and I have different views on Bitcoin. So we thought it would be very

0:31.7

interesting to jump on and have a civil conversation, what he thinks, what I think,

0:36.6

counterpoint and counterpoint.

0:37.9

I hope that you enjoy these types of conversations

0:39.9

because I really enjoy having them.

0:41.5

And the beauty of America and free speech

0:43.6

is that we can have conversations with people we disagree with,

0:46.8

and then we can fight like hell to protect what they're allowed to say,

0:50.4

even though we don't agree with them.

0:52.5

Here is my conversation with Michael Schellenberger.

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