Brian De Mint joins me to discuss the impact of technology on society, the psychology of totalitarianism, the importance of self-responsibility, and the incentive structure of Bitcoin.Â
Brian is an entrepreneur with a decade of market strategy experience. He is the author of Bitcoin Evangelism and works as the head of Marketing at Orange Pill App.Â
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// OUTLINE //Â
00:00:00 - Coming upÂ
00:00:50 - IntroÂ
00:02:24 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's ClothingÂ
00:03:10 - Introducing Brian De MintÂ
00:03:59 - Calling Out Robert for a Boxing MatchÂ
00:05:22 - Career Background and Getting into BitcoinÂ
00:07:32 - The Lure of Bitcoin Rabbit HoleÂ
00:09:16 - Protestant Reformation of the Catholic ChurchÂ
00:13:49 - How Technology Changes an Existing SystemÂ
00:17:28 - Ideology Fuels Human ActionÂ
00:18:28 - Suppression Leads to ProliferationÂ
00:21:54 - Adapting the MonopolyÂ
00:25:23 - Putting the Pieces TogetherÂ
00:27:31 - How Decentralized Underground Railroads Liberated the SlavesÂ
00:31:33 - Bitcoin: An Idea Beyond Human ControlÂ
00:36:02 - The Delusions of TotalitarianismÂ
00:39:31 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware WalletÂ
00:40:28 - 1980s Artworks of Prodemocracy MovementsÂ
00:44:16 - The Minority RuleÂ
00:47:22 - The Spartacus EffectÂ
00:52:40 - Alignment of Selfishness and SelflessnessÂ
00:54:16 - The Psychology of TotalitarianismÂ
00:56:15 - Four Steps of Mass FormationÂ
00:59:56 - Why We Need Peer-to-Peer InteractionÂ
01:03:07 - The Importance of Self-ResponsibilityÂ
01:05:19 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi WalletÂ
01:06:07 - Social Conformity ExperimentsÂ
01:11:42 - How Incentives Influence General Patterns of Human BehaviourÂ
01:16:03 - The Intersection of Bitcoin and the Social Change MovementÂ
01:19:11 - Bitcoin's Underlying IncentivesÂ
01:23:25 - Morality of Telling the TruthÂ
01:26:15 - Where to Find Brian on the Internet
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