#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2021
⏱️ 250 minutes
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Robert Breedlove is a decentralized finance entrepreneur, philosopher, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:46) – Sovereignty
(15:50) – Territorial imperative
(20:28) – Property
(26:33) – Anarchism
(29:11) – Inflation is theft
(33:35) – Volatility is truth
(38:14) – Taleb and Bitcoin
(42:22) – Life is information propagating through flesh
(53:21) – Intelligence
(57:34) – Space and time
(1:04:16) – Pragmatic truth
(1:15:14) – Creative destruction
(1:19:03) – Capitalism vs Communism
(1:31:46) – Jordan Peterson on religion
(1:36:03) – Inflation
(1:39:54) – What is money?
(1:53:30) – What is Bitcoin?
(2:04:36) – Bitcoin vs other cryptocurrencies
(2:12:47) – Can governments ban Bitcoin?
(2:25:29) – Bitcoin toxicity is tough love
(2:38:47) – Crypto scammers
(2:47:58) – Eric Weinstein and Bitcoin
(2:54:21) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(2:58:51) – Money is energy
(3:06:05) – Proof of stake vs proof of work
(3:08:45) – Morality
(3:23:30) – Collapse of the Soviet Union
(3:27:00) – Jordan Peterson and Bitcoin
(3:39:28) – Book recommendations
(3:58:49) – Advice for young people
(4:02:20) – Love
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Robert Breedlove, someone who caught my attention and |
| 0:05.0 | was recommended highly as a rigorous scholar and thinker in the space of decentralized |
| 0:10.3 | finance and Bitcoin. |
| 0:12.3 | His podcast titled What Is Money is a Good Representation of the Way His Mind Works. |
| 0:18.4 | He's willing to talk through ideas for many hours, willing to listen, willing to think, |
| 0:24.2 | which makes him a great companion in conversation to explore the history, philosophy, and future |
| 0:29.8 | of money. |
| 0:32.0 | Quick mention of our sponsors, fund rise, element, monk pack, and better help. |
| 0:38.2 | Check them out in the description to support this podcast. |
| 0:41.8 | As a side note, let me say that I'll have a number of conversations in the coming months |
| 0:45.8 | at Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. |
| 0:49.4 | None of these conversations are financial advice. |
| 0:52.4 | That's not a legal warning. |
| 0:53.7 | That's a genuine description of my goals and approach with these chats. |
| 0:57.5 | At least for a while, I personally won't actively invest in Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrencies, |
| 1:03.4 | except to learn about the technology itself. |
| 1:06.4 | I don't think this should be a journalistic standard like the New York Times trying to |
| 1:10.4 | establish, which I very much disagree with. |
| 1:13.2 | In my humble opinion, I think journalists should be free to invest in Bitcoin if they want |
| 1:18.2 | to. |
| 1:19.2 | Luckily, I'm not a journalist. |
| 1:21.4 | I just know my own psychology and I feel that my thinking will be muddled by excitement |
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