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The "What is Money?" Show

Climate Change, Addiction, and Free Speech with Michael Shellenberger (WiM399)

The "What is Money?" Show

Robert Breedlove

Bitcoin, Breedlove, What Is Money, Investing, Rabbit Hole, Cryptocurrency, Money, Finance, Education, Robert Breedlove, History

4.8710 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Michael Shellenberger joins me in person at ARC Forum 2023 in London to discuss the impact of environmental alarmism, the problem with addiction and homelessness, and the importance of free speech.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So for me, this has become a primary issue because if we don't have free speech, then we can't

0:05.7

take the actions we need to protect people from addiction and homelessness, take actions

0:12.6

to protect the natural environment, also to protect our prosperity.

0:16.2

We can't have a functioning democracy or free markets without free speech.

0:19.4

But even more fundamentally than that, we can't be fully human.

0:23.5

Right.

0:24.5

You know, like your, my view is that if you don't have freedom of speech, then you're not,

0:28.7

you're not truly a human being.

0:31.1

You have to be able to express your ideas, however wrong and stupid they might be.

0:36.9

And let's face it, half the time, we are wrong and we don't know we're wrong if we can't talk about.

0:49.9

Hey, everybody.

0:51.0

Welcome to The What is Money Show.

0:52.8

I am thrilled to have you here joining me on my mission to help shine light on the corruption of money.

0:59.3

Now, if this is your first time listening to The What Is Money Show, I strongly recommend that you go back to episodes one through nine first, which lays a lot of the groundwork for many of the concepts that we explore on the show.

1:11.4

These first nine episodes are my series with Michael Saylor,

1:14.8

and thousands of people have told me that this is the best podcast series they've ever heard, hands down,

1:21.4

and that it was instrumental to their understanding of money and Bitcoin.

1:25.2

So if you're looking to start a deep dive into the nature of money,

1:29.8

I don't think there's any place better that you can start other than episode one of this show.

1:35.0

Now, a little bit about this show and how it makes money. What is Money Show is 100% sponsor-based.

1:41.1

So all of our revenues are derived from direct sponsorships. And I strive to be very

1:46.7

selective about the sponsors that I work with, specifically only using sponsors that I use personally,

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