007. Brandon Quittem - Bitcoin: Our Most Important Tool

Recorded 6/9/21 Bitcoin price at the time ~$36,500 Brandon Quittem is a writer, amateur mycologist, and the king of analogies. We cover a crazy range of subjects on the show spanning from mycology to Bitcoin’s energy consumption, to the fourth turning hypothesis, and absolutely everything in between! Where to find Brandon: @bquittem (https://twitter.com/Bquittem) https://www.brandonquittem.com/ Bitcoin is the Mycelium of Money (https://tinyurl.com/7mey8mu8) Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History (https://tinyurl.com/3axupd8j) 1:45 - Brandon’s background 8:20 - Mycology interest and parallels to Bitcoin 18:00 - The economy of mushrooms 24:15 - Money, language, social scalability, and the sovereign individual 34:00 - El Salvador adopts Bitcoin 38:30 - Biology, proof of work, energy FUD and why the energy consumption of Bitcoin is good 47:15 - How pioneer species transform their ecosystem 57:15 - The fourth turning hypothesis and the long-term debt cycle 1:25:30 - The great filter and how it pertains to Bitcoin 1:39:30 - Can Bitcoin help humans get to Mars? Resources mentioned: Bitcoin white paper (https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) Swan Bitcoin (swanbitcoin.com/e3) Cash App (https://cash.app/app/KWJSDQR) Strike (https://invite.strike.me/21XVVW) Hope.com Planting Bitcoin - Dan Held (https://tinyurl.com/3yvme37y) Lessons from fungi on markets and economics - Toby Kiers (https://tinyurl.com/3amc44d8) Future Fossils ep. 163 (https://tinyurl.com/yjsznv8e) Dunbar’s Number (https://tinyurl.com/yhdpdzx4) Social Scalability - Nick Szabo (https://tinyurl.com/5mut8upd) The Sovereign Individual - James Davidson (https://tinyurl.com/86c4c9m2) El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin (https://tinyurl.com/aj8fvf3) Gradually, Then Suddenly - Parker Lewis (https://tinyurl.com/mpkheny5) How Much Energy Does Bitcoin Actually Consume? - Nic Carter (https://tinyurl.com/c2nck5a8) Twitter Spaces with President Bukele (https://tinyurl.com/38hbemep) Bitcoin mining in DRC (https://tinyurl.com/wr6bzszd) The Fourth Turning - William Strauss (https://tinyurl.com/5fzp5s6e) Bitcoin Astronomy - Dhruv Bansal (https://tinyurl.com/4v7zc7w)