Brett Scott (author on cashless societies)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Brett Scott (Cloudmoney, The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance) is an author, journalist, and financial broker. Brett joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how important economic anthropology is, how secondary monetary systems actually work, and why society is being pushed to become a cashless system. Brett and Dax talk about why early cypherpunk movements started, what cryptocurrency really represents, and how currency might work in the meta-verse. Brett explains how cash economies can have a political impact, how payment systems can be a form of digital tracking, and how technology often alters society to necessitate its own existence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert, experts on expert.
0:03.4	I'm John Barringer and I'm joined by Melinda Pitts.
0:07.0	Hi, Pity.
0:08.7	Hi, wife of Brad Pitts.
0:12.0	Yes, but that's not related to Brad Pitt, the movie star, no, but also an incredible realtor in his own right.
0:18.4	Today we have Brett Scott on.
0:21.5	Brett Scott is a monetary anthropologist.
0:24.3	This is so embarrassing, you know.
0:25.5	We anthropologist.
0:27.4	Me and the anthropology community,
0:28.8	I didn't even know there were monetary anthropologists.
0:31.3	Yeah, I'm sorry about that. He's also a journalist and a formal financial broker.
0:36.0	He has a book out now called Cloud Money, Cash, Cards, crypto, in the war for our wallets.
0:45.0	This is a very fun departure from our normal fare.
0:48.1	This is about the war on cash.
0:49.8	Yeah, it's very interesting.
0:51.4	I just didn't know a lot about cash.
0:53.0	Like I hadn't thought about it and it's interesting.
0:56.0	Yes, it's very fascinating.
0:58.0	Please enjoy Brett Scott.
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