Ben McKenzie
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Podcast Appearances
In retrospect, it's comically stupid.
But he's like, they've produced synthetic blood.
They're going to make a fortune.
It's like a penny stock.
You're like, yeah, okay.
But I'm young and dumb, and I was excited by his excitement, and I was like, okay, I'll put a little money into it.
It wasn't like a ton of money, but it was like 10 grand or something.
And he put far less, but a little.
And we both lost.
I don't know if it was technically a fraud, but it definitely was overhyped.
Turns out synthetic blood's pretty hard.
Theranos.
Like a precursor to that, right?
So anyway, Dave came back to me in 2020.
He's like, dude, you got to bet Bitcoin.
He's horny for Bitcoin.
It's everywhere, right?
Like all of a sudden the celebrities are doing it.
It's because the pandemic hits.
The reason we call the book Easy Money is the Fed flooded the zone with money to keep the economy from crashing.