Bitcoin & Human Rights with Alex Gladstein & Natalie Smolenski - WBD804
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Peter McCormack
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and Natalie Smolenski founded and leads the Texas Bitcoin Foundation. In this interview, they discuss how Bitcoin is a cheat code for human rights, privacy, sovereignty and the reciprocal loss of trust.
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Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-human-rights
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| 0:00.0 | If we stick with the financial system as it is, it leads inexorably towards total control over your life. |
| 0:09.4 | The state having total control over what people spend, how they can spend, how much they can spend and what you can buy. |
| 0:15.0 | Good morning from Bedford. I hope you're doing very, very well out there. |
| 0:19.0 | Right, today's the last men's home game in the football season. |
| 0:22.8 | Rail Bedford Cup final this evening in Colney Heath. |
| 0:26.4 | Hopefully this will be back-to-back doubles. |
| 0:28.6 | So fingers cross, hopefully gonna see you down there at the game. |
| 0:32.3 | I'll be there from about 5. |
| 0:33.9 | 5.30 p.m. Kick off 7.45. Keep your fingers crossed. |
| 0:37.8 | Also this Sunday the ladies are playing Luton and if they win they will also win the league. |
| 0:43.1 | What an incredible season for Rale Bedford. |
| 0:45.8 | All this football stuff, what about some Bitcoin, |
| 0:47.5 | I bet you're thinking. |
| 0:48.6 | All right, welcome to the What Bitcoin did podcast, |
| 0:50.8 | which is brought to you by the Massive Legends at Iron, formerly known as Iris Energy. The using 100% renewable energy. RN remains the same business with the same goals, |
| 1:05.0 | now just with a different name. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay, I'm your host, Peter McCormack, |
| 1:09.0 | and today I've got an incredibly important show for you. |
| 1:11.0 | We have the amazing Alex Gladsstein and Natalie Smolensky back on the show now at |
| 1:15.8 | our conference at Cheek Code. Alex sat down with Natalie for a fireside chat and privacy, |
| 1:20.7 | reciprocal loss of trust, society versus estate, and so much more. |
| 1:25.0 | It was an unbelievable conversation. |
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