by Guy | Jun 15, 2021 | Energy, Philosophy
“All this to say, there is no optimistic version of the future in which humanity does not use significantly more energy than it does today.” – Hodl’n Caulfield  & Selene Lindstrom What is the connection between Bitcoin, human prosperity, and the...
by Guy | May 17, 2021 | Culture, Philosophy
“Their goals were to separate money from governments and corporations, check the growth of the global surveillance state, and preserve human rights in an increasingly digital age. Satoshi Nakamoto’s greatest trick was to animate these aspirations into something that...
by Guy | May 14, 2021 | Philosophy, Technology
“In my lifetime I have seen many technologies emerge.  The Internet.  Pocket super computers.  Digital music.  And the old guard fought it, tried to capture it, and eventually learned to live in harmony with it in each case.  The smart ones have even started to make...
by Guy | May 13, 2021 | Liberty, Philosophy
“only 13% of our planet’s population is born into the dollar, euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar or Swiss Franc. The other 87% are born into autocracy or considerably less trustworthy currencies. 4.3 billion people live under...
by Guy | May 6, 2021 | Philosophy
“one of the main reasons for Bitcoin’s success is something that resonates with us as humans on a much deeper level: the primal elements of its brand, which when combined, turn it into a belief system.” – Paulo Sacramento Today we go deeper than the...
by Guy | Apr 28, 2021 | Culture, Philosophy
Hyperbitcoinization is defined by the Nakamoto institute as “a voluntary transition from an inferior currency to a superior one, and its adoption is a series of individual acts of entrepreneurship rather than a single monopolist that games the system.” – Knut...
