Episode notes
In this episode we are joined by Alexander Bard - Swedish musician turned philosopher and theologian. He is the co-author of 5 books, soon to be 6, including The Netocrats, The Global Empire, and Syntheism - Creating God in the Internet Age. He is a major proponent of Syntheism, a movement focused on how atheists and pantheists can achieve the same feelings of community and awe experienced in traditional theistic religions.
This is a wide-ranging talk on many topics we’ve never tackled before. We deep dive into AI, game theory, centralization and decentralization, religion, the idea of the shamanic or shamanoid individual, attentionalism and capitalism, trust… the list goes on and on but at the core we discuss the revolution of Bitcoin.
Connect with Alexander Bard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bardissimo
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:02 - Welcoming Alexander Bard
00:04:48 - AI and Bitcoin
00:07:25 - Centralization, Decentralization, and Tyranny
00:10:50 - Reasons for Bitcoin (and Not Shitcoins)
00:30:22 - Democracy and Libertarianism
00:32:48 - Capitalism Versus Attentionalism
00:35:34 - Bitcoin, Algorithms, and A
00:40:21 - How Alexander Found Knut
00:42:15 - Libertarianism vs Tribalism
00:43:49 - Shamanoids
00:49:30 - Bitcoin and the Development of Technology
00:51:55 - About Alexander's Books
00:55:32 - Shamanoids and Psychedelics
00:57:21 - Monogamy and Sex
00:59:06 - The Nature of Religions
01:05:36 - The Exodus of Bitcoiners
01:10:57 - Trust Through Religion
01:14:52 - Bitcoin vs Capitalism
01:20:54 - Bitcoin vs Crypto
01:29:16 - Closing Perspective on Bitcoin and Religion
01:31:59 - Wrapping Up - Where to Find Alexander Bard
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