The Isaac Morehouse Podcast

We hop all over the place as usual.

We talk about affecting the past through the future, Scottie Pippen, Kanye West, what holiness means, and more.

*From 1:04 to about 1:09 TK cuts out. Just skip that part! Guess who's back? Reviving an old series, "Fridays with TK", we discuss what's wrong with the NBA, the meaning crisis, stat-lines vs storylines, the pope at the circus, the church, and more.

Something seems to have changed. Once upon a time, I would advise young people to do more open sharing of their ideas - daily blogging, podcasting, learning out loud. Today, while those have value, they seem to also have a danger that wasn't present before. I asked Cyprian to help me try to discover what's going on.

I had two conversations on AI recently - one about its promise as a tech tool, and one about its dangers as a portal to hell. I think both are true.

Cyprian (aka Vin Armani) joins me to discuss his take on AI. If you're not in for weird spiritual stuff, this is not the episode for you! We talk about whether AI is a technology or an entity, how it differs from other tech, and what it means for civilization.

It took a while, but the latest ChatGPT Large Language Model AI thingy finally got me seeing an amazing future. Steve Patterson brings some excellent analysis to what's going on and what it means.

Time to tell you about my new endeavor!

Go to nanopay.cash to signup for a little newsletter about tiny payments. The guys from Haste tell their winding tale from minor league baseball to building the Barpay app to creating a simple arcade game where the leaderboard gets payouts. That game led to a platform for game builders and a budding revolution. If you can't see the coolness in this simple use-case, I don't know what to do for you!

Joel is the author of The Daily Job Hunt (crash.co/daily) which goes out to 170k+ people every morning, and he's just published his first book. He joins to talk about the process and his own journey to becoming a creative machine. joelbein.com

Subscribe at nanopay.substack.com for more stuff on tiny payments! Nicky is an entrepreneur, former professional dancer and instructor, and fellow tiny payment fan. He created Genuine Retweets to solve his own problem, and discovered he was onto something much bigger.

Subscribe at nanopay.cash for updates and exploration into tiny payments. Joshua Henslee joins me to talk tokens, enterprise, and more.

Alex Agut and his biz partner wanted tiny payments for apps they were building. Traditional payment processors couldn't do it. Bitcoin could, but was too complicated for normal users. BTC fees became too high for tiny payments, but BHC and BSV emerged to restore the original low-fee design of bitcoin. That's when Alex had an idea: What if instead of waiting for a normie-friendly bitcoin wallet, they built one? HandCash.io is a user-first wallet with a built in app store for tiny payment apps. They also provide developers with super easy tools to let users login and pay + earn with HandCash. We walk through the experience and talk about what the future holds.

Cameron Sorsby is the CEO of Praxis. But he began as an unpaid intern willing to do anything to help the company grow. We chat is story, Praxis updates, and why he'd turn down the GM role for the San Antonio Spurs.

I joined Ken Coleman to talk about how to leverage connections in your career.

Sign up at nanopay.cash to get updates on my exploration into tiny payments. Coding wizard Dean Little from BitPing and MatterPool joins me to talk about which protocols are usable for micro and nanopayments, the pros and cons of each, and what needs to be solved for global scale. BSV, BCH, Solana, PoW, PoS, and more.

Maybe the world is already wondrous enough.

Check out nanopay.cash to get these videos and keep up on other nanopayment stuff. Randy is the co-founder of Twetch, a social media platform on the blockchain that uses tiny payments. Check it out at twetch.com.

Check out www.nanopay.cash to keep up with these convos and more. Cyprian (aka Vin Armani) talks about his experiments with tiny payments, the business he launched called CoinText, why payment channels are an overlooked mechanism, and what to look for in a protocol.

Check out www.nanopay.cash to keep up to date on these vids and more tiny payment stuff. I briefly explore a framework created by tech investor Mike Maples Jr. and apply it to the world of tiny payments to get the wheels turning on what might be built for possible futures.

Check out www.nanopay.cash to keep up to date on these vids and more tiny payment stuff. What about all the other attributes of crypto? Aren't those more important than tiny payments? I chat a bit about these attributes and the extent to which they're oversold. I mention this article - https://www.bitpost.app/u/isaacmorehouse/whats-left-of-the-bitcoin-dream-7Hsj6Zo

Check out www.nanopay.cash to keep up to date on these vids and more tiny payment stuff. -What is this all about and why do I love tiny payments? -Micro vs nanopayments -Three stages of tiny payment apps: 1. happening today, 2. possible today, 3. theoretically possible -5 types of biz models: 1. metered payments, 2. split payments, 3. tradeable rev shares, 4. monetized data, 5. nano-paywalls -Protocol/tech agnostic - whatever works to open up tiny payment economy

Is it a wonderful tale about the impact a single life can have, or a propaganda piece about sacrificing your dreams to collectivism and envy? Deryk and I talk about one of our all-time favorite movies, and why it drives us nuts even though we love it.

James Poulos discusses the themes in his newly launched book, "Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War", available on canonic.xyz We talk Bitcoin, technocracy, gnosticism, the nature of evil, religion, futurism, and more.

Is Christianity antithetical to laissez-faire capitalism? Would a Christian business owner not fire an employee for not making enough money for the company? I share some of my thoughts on what a Christian duty to the poor means and how it relates to economic systems.

I Tweeted, "It's possible that psychedelics help people discover the secrets of the universe. It's certain that they make people less able to discover how to be useful to those around them." River took issue and said we should chat. So we did!

This architect uncovered truths about humans, reality, beauty, governance, and freedom that few yet appreciate.

Clint Russell from the fast-growing Liberty Lockdown podcast joins me to reflect on what he's learned in the last year and his first 100 episodes.

I just published a brand new book on canonic.xyz. I chat with the CEO about what it means to allow authors to publish on the blockchain and how bitcoin enables a future of low-cost high-value information like never before seen. Enjoy! You can buy the book here - https://canonic.xyz/books/12cy7aGkmg9CxgLXd4WFp6FJWSJHcbZ5NQ/limited Guide to doing it if you're new to BitcoinSV - https://isaacmorehouse.com/2021/05/28/i-published-a-new-book-and-how-to-buy-it/

Super great convo with Clint from Liberty Lockdown, a guy pumping out one of the best podcasts around. Is the Libertarian Party a useful tool? WTF is happening with the economy? How to live free in a world gone mad?

A few thoughts on the tendency to overvalue high level intellectualization, and the nobility of lower level creatures in moments of crisis.

Vin Armani is a hard guy to put into a box. Tech entrepreneur, star of Showtime's 'Gigolos', philosopher, and in recent years, prophet of our times. We talk about The Dim Age, the devouring mother, the heroes journey as a map for our age, Jordan Peterson, and a lot more. Buckle up. It gets weird in the best of ways.

I decided to read one of my favorite essays of all time, The Obviousness of Anarchy, by John Hasnas, so that an audio version can be enjoyed by all.

Twetch co-creator Josh Petty tries to help me make sense of the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) craze, sort the wheat from the chaff, explore radical new biz models made possible by micropayments tied to decentralized data, muse about how far title to property can be extended, whether firms and investors are inefficient and what might replace them, and lots more.

Is there a case for small blocks? Today three of the four Numpties (Steve Patterson, Isaac Morehouse, Deryk Makgill) discuss the origins of the changes that made BTC into a small block coin going for a digital gold narrative. We take the arguments for small blocks one by one and try to see whether and to what extent they are good arguments. Finally, we discuss possible futures for BTC. Enjoy! You can view many more Numpties videos on Streamanity, where we post regularly. https://streamanity.com/[email protected]

Our culture's concern for victims is relatively new and radical in human history. Where does it come from? And how does understanding memetic desire and the scapegoat mechanism make sense of the world? Radio and podcast host David Gornoski and I discuss his rare blend of Christian theology, Rene Girard's sociology, and a political philosophy of non-violence.

It launched two companies, attracted dozens of employees, thousands of customers, many talks and media appearances, several investors, resulted in 10 books published, four podcasts, hundreds of interviews, and close to $10M in revenue+investment. And the benefits keep compounding. You should try it for 30 days. I currently write at crash.co and isaacmorehouse.com

What do the government and the devil have in common? A lot. Fighting either requires a unique approach.

What if you took the pressure off yourself to find what's true, and instead just got really good at detecting and eliminating what's untrue?

I've been trying to understand the love and hate people have for Trump for several years and it's only now making sense. The way covid policy was handled helped me see; it's not about substance, it's all about symbols. We live in a myth-driven age.

Michael Malice brings some insight and optimism to the events of the world in 2020 and going into 2021. We also cover house plants, aliens, the meaning of life, conspiracies, and more.

We dive into all kinds of topics around BTC, BCH, BSV, and a lot more.

“The Myth of the Rule of Law” was written by John Hasnas and originally published in 1995 in the Wisconsin Law Review no. 199. I read it (with a few mumbles and mistakes) in its entirety from https://www.copblock.org/40719/myth-rule-law-john-hasnas/ Thanks to Prof Hasnas for writing this excellent essay, as well as another called "The Obviousness of Anarchy", both of which were profoundly influential on my thinking.

Man, we go deep on this one. Steve Patterson and I discuss whether the material world is real, whether consciousness real, his apparent resolution to the mind-body problem, and how his pluralistic system would allow for almost every other point of view. We start with the nature of experience and external objects, and we end up at the concept of love and sanity.

Thaddeus Russell joins me to talk about the craziness of 2020, who the real renegades are, what happened with the election, new political realities, and more.

The belief in infinite sets led to global lockdowns. Yes, you heard it. Steve Patterson has a bone to pick with pure mathematics. I try to figure out why he thinks it's so important to get the theories right.

TK Coleman breaks down why people are so worried and guilty about advice or ideas that don't apply to all people at all times and why they shouldn't be.

We discuss our disagreement about wearing suits, then dive into the insanity of 2020, how so many could be so fooled into lockdowns, why the "libertarian" movement utterly failed to stand for freedom, Orwellian language, and much more. Jeff offers a wonderful perspective and optimism in the midst of dark times.

Nicole was fighting for freedom but not living free in the process. The libertarian nonprofit scene was sucking the life out of her, so she decided to quit and set out on her own to pursue the things that made her feel free. She runs a farmstead, rents out houses, cans tomatoes, does workshhops on processing chickens, and so much more. Nicole Sauce is the host of Living Free in Tennessee, owner of Holler Roast Coffee, and a marketing and business consultant to people who want more control over their life.

People sometimes ask me how to find a co-founder, or someone to code their idea, or people to invest money. I always ask them why they need those things. Chances are, you don't and those are distractions. The first step is to sell the category, problem, vision, and product. Prove your passion and prove demand. The rest will start to want to come to you!