EP87: Orange-Pilling Countries with Samson Mow

While most of us spend years trying to convince our cousin/sibling/mum that we’re not crazy and that “it might make sense just to get some in case it catches on”, there are others among us that are operating at an altogether higher level. Samson Mow is one of those people.    As the CEO of JAN3, he’s working on nation-state adoption and accelerating hyperbitcoinization, but he didn’t set out to do that, it just happened one day.    He kindly took some time out of his hectic schedule to hang out with a couple of Idiots.  Here’s what we discussed:    Will we ever operate on block time so that time difference is no longer a thing (we sound rough in the morning!)  The state of DMs when you have a large following  How to prioritise your workload  The mission of JAN3 (top-down and bottom-up)  How opportunities present themselves  Varying levels of knowledge, understanding and receptivity  Explaining that Bitcoin is just Money  Awareness of money being devalued versus the high time preference nature of politics  The next El Salvador. Mexico? Bitcoin becoming a key part of political discourse. RFK The importance of face-to-face, particularly in removing the fear of asking questions  How many of us must understand Bitcoin  Taking a break after hyperbitcoinization and the timescale for that  The most powerful force is necessity (Argentina, Lebanon)  Adopting Bitcoin before your value is destroyed  The problem with centralised power  The pros and cons of living on a Bitcoin standard  The decline in developed countries  Brendo’s unsuccessful application  Infinite Fleet and gaming  Fads  Australia and Canada  Pod Shout-outs  https://twitter.com/JAN3com  https://twitter.com/Pixelmatic  https://twitter.com/InfiniteFleet  https://twitter.com/jackmallers   https://twitter.com/Bitcoinbeach  https://twitter.com/nayibbukele  https://twitter.com/Blockstream  https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr  https://twitter.com/MiprimerBTC  https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre  https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive  https://twitter.com/BTCBrisket  https://twitter.com/THNDRGAMES  https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss  https://twitter.com/AlboMP      Book Recommendations  Check Your Financial Privilege by @gladstein  https://amzn.to/45Q2nM1     Npubs  Hats: npub1evkn6h4dgkk6ey8mqy90spv2fmfnnzgj8u3h8dgqyql32gs9tywqhdruxp  Brendo: npub1jsauhxc6hjyk5th86qc5z02c9f0cfc7dwszzlj7e9s8wt54w490q4kglr9    Support the Podcast  https://geyser.fund/project/2bitidiotspodcast Contact Us  www.2bitidiots.com