EPISODE · Feb 23, 2024 · 1H 33M
Cosmic Bitcoin: Bitcoin and the Knowledge Crisis w/ Troy Cross
from Bitcoin Magazine Podcast · host BTC Media
From the Bitcoin Magazine Archives | Recorded 7/26/2023 Join Hosts Spencer Nichols and Christian Keroles for a conversation with Reed College Philosophy Professor Troy Cross on the nature of epistemology, truth, and the knowledge crisis. We discuss the constraints on obtaining knowledge of the world, how beliefs are formed based on that knowledge, and how our society’s ability to collectively makes sense of the word is fundamentally built on inter-personal trust. What might be the role of Bitcoin, a trust-minimized distributed time-stamping protocol, in restoring sensemaking in Western society? Also featuring Matthew Pines and Jamie King. -Spencer Nichols (https://x.com/DeSpencer_?s=20)-Christian Keroles ( https://x.com/ck_SNARKs?s=20)-Troy Cross (https://x.com/thetrocro?s=20)-Matthew Pines (https://x.com/matthew_pines?s=20)-Jamie King (https://x.com/jamie_jk?s=20) __________________ Enter the Bitcoin Halving Challenge! Visit https://www.bitcoinhalving.com/#challenge to place your guess for the price of bitcoin at the halving for the chance to win 1 BTC in prizes! Powered by Nitrobetting (https://nitrobetting.eu/) X (formerly Twitter)Spencer Nichols (@DeSpencer_) on X #Bitcoin and Sustainability | Marketing @BitcoinMagazine | @Tulane Alum X (formerly Twitter)ck (@ck_SNARKs) on X Bitcoin is Freedom. X (formerly Twitter)Troy Cross (@thetrocro) on X Philosopher. Environmentalist. Bitcoiner. X (formerly Twitter)Matthew Pines (@matthew_pines) on X Director, Security Advisory @SentinelOne | National Security Fellow @btcpolicyorg | physics & philosophy @ JHU, public policy @ LSE | geopol/tech/cyber/#Bitcoin X (formerly Twitter)Jamie King (@jamie_jk) on X Currently working on TRUST (https://t.co/nBBxY43Ngd). Previously: THIS MACHINE GREENS (https://t.co/wmyQXmnDJR), SCHISM (https://t.co/nH8vJDIZdW), STEAL THIS FILM.
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From the Bitcoin Magazine Archives | Recorded 7/26/2023 Join Hosts Spencer Nichols and Christian Keroles for a conversation with Reed College Philosophy Professor Troy Cross on the nature of epistemology, truth, and the knowledge crisis. We discuss the constraints on obtaining knowledge of the world, how beliefs are formed based on that knowledge, and how our society’s ability to collectively makes sense of the word is fundamentally built on inter-personal trust. What might be the role of Bitcoin, a trust-minimized distributed time-stamping protocol, in restoring sensemaking in Western society? Also featuring Matthew Pines and Jamie King. -Spencer Nichols (https://x.com/DeSpencer_?s=20)-Christian Keroles ( https://x.com/ck_SNARKs?s=20)-Troy Cross (https://x.com/thetrocro?s=20)-Matthew Pines (https://x.com/matthew_pines?s=20)-Jamie King (https://x.com/jamie_jk?s=20) __________________ Enter the Bitcoin Halving Challenge! Visit https://www.bitcoinhalving.com/#challenge to place your guess for the price of bitcoin at the halving for the chance to win 1 BTC in prizes! Powered by Nitrobetting (https://nitrobetting.eu/) X (formerly Twitter)Spencer Nichols (@DeSpencer_) on X #Bitcoin and Sustainability | Marketing @BitcoinMagazine | @Tulane Alum X (formerly Twitter)ck (@ck_SNARKs) on X Bitcoin is Freedom. X (formerly Twitter)Troy Cross (@thetrocro) on X Philosopher. Environmentalist. Bitcoiner. X (formerly Twitter)Matthew Pines (@matthew_pines) on X Director, Security Advisory @SentinelOne | National Security Fellow @btcpolicyorg | physics & philosophy @ JHU, public policy @ LSE | geopol/tech/cyber/#Bitcoin X (formerly Twitter)Jamie King (@jamie_jk) on X Currently working on TRUST (https://t.co/nBBxY43Ngd). Previously: THIS MACHINE GREENS (https://t.co/wmyQXmnDJR), SCHISM (https://t.co/nH8vJDIZdW), STEAL THIS FILM.
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