Michael Saylor

You don't have any children? No. Okay, got it. Interesting. Yeah, I wonder like your level of conviction. It was very interesting, your reaction to that clip with Scotty because it changed in a very interesting way while I'm sitting here talking to you. And I appreciate you sharing that with me because I didn't know you viewed it that way. Is that pretty common in this space?

Is that pretty common in folks in Bitcoin who are influencers like yourself, that they have a similar feeling?

Is that pretty common in folks in Bitcoin who are influencers like yourself, that they have a similar feeling?

The maximalists, yeah.

The maximalists, yeah.

The maximalists.

The maximalists.

Yeah, like I said, it's like 10 hours and you're a trader, 100 hours you're an investor, 1,000 hours you're a maximalist. You think it's an instrument of economic empowerment. It's an ethical imperative for 8 billion people. So, for example, you think the world's better with electricity? Sure.

Yeah, like I said, it's like 10 hours and you're a trader, 100 hours you're an investor, 1,000 hours you're a maximalist. You think it's an instrument of economic empowerment. It's an ethical imperative for 8 billion people. So, for example, you think the world's better with electricity? Sure.

What if I took your family, I took away electricity, clean water, clean air, clean food, you know, and metal? Do you feel like you've been ripped back to the Stone Age? Sure. Would you be angry about it? So what if I turn around? Now, what if I said the opposite, which is I don't think you should have those things.

What if I took your family, I took away electricity, clean water, clean air, clean food, you know, and metal? Do you feel like you've been ripped back to the Stone Age? Sure. Would you be angry about it? So what if I turn around? Now, what if I said the opposite, which is I don't think you should have those things.

What if I said, I don't think you should have clean air, clean food, or steel, or glass, or internal combustion engine. I'm going to take away your car. Would you not be a little bit angry at me, a little bit irritated, a little bit irked? I'm going to pass a law taking away your rights to electricity and glass and airplanes, right, from your family and all your friends.

What if I said, I don't think you should have clean air, clean food, or steel, or glass, or internal combustion engine. I'm going to take away your car. Would you not be a little bit angry at me, a little bit irritated, a little bit irked? I'm going to pass a law taking away your rights to electricity and glass and airplanes, right, from your family and all your friends.

And you're like, what the heck are you talking about? Okay, that's how we feel about Bitcoin. That's how we feel about money, or in this case about digital money, perfected digital money. We're like, you're going to take that away from people? Or if you said to me, if I said, you know, I got this idea for your kids. We're going to give them clean food and clean water in their first five years.

And you're like, what the heck are you talking about? Okay, that's how we feel about Bitcoin. That's how we feel about money, or in this case about digital money, perfected digital money. We're like, you're going to take that away from people? Or if you said to me, if I said, you know, I got this idea for your kids. We're going to give them clean food and clean water in their first five years.

And then another friend of mine says, it's not really important. You don't need that. It's like, we're just going to give you half, like, you know, swamp water. And we're going to have them eat mud. And that's okay, too. We're going to diversify. You know, and I'm like, don't feed your kids mud. And don't give them swamp water. And by the way, they're going to, you know... And here's antibiotics.

And then another friend of mine says, it's not really important. You don't need that. It's like, we're just going to give you half, like, you know, swamp water. And we're going to have them eat mud. And that's okay, too. We're going to diversify. You know, and I'm like, don't feed your kids mud. And don't give them swamp water. And by the way, they're going to, you know... And here's antibiotics.

You don't need antibiotics. You know, they're going to die without the antibiotics. Like, no, it's not a big deal. The point is, yeah, we get worked up about it because we see it's like critical technology and you're not going to move the human race forward in the next millennium without electricity, without digital energy, right?

You don't need antibiotics. You know, they're going to die without the antibiotics. Like, no, it's not a big deal. The point is, yeah, we get worked up about it because we see it's like critical technology and you're not going to move the human race forward in the next millennium without electricity, without digital energy, right?

Bitcoin is digital energy, just like you had electrical energy, just like you had. It's just like... You know, if we took away crude oil right now, 95% of the people on Earth would starve to death or freeze to death. The world comes to a grinding halt. So when people actually attack oil or they attack nuclear power or they attack electricity, you think, like, you just must hate humanity.