Michael Saylor

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.

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.

And when you attack Bitcoin, you're attacking digital energy, right? And you must just hate humanity.

And when you attack Bitcoin, you're attacking digital energy, right? And you must just hate humanity.

So where are you going with this? Are you going to Gary Gensler? Is that who you're going to? Like individuals that are getting in the way? Is that like when you said, if you think like, who do you think you are to prevent us from having access to all this stuff? Who's doing that? Individuals like Gary are getting in the way? Regulators?

So where are you going with this? Are you going to Gary Gensler? Is that who you're going to? Like individuals that are getting in the way? Is that like when you said, if you think like, who do you think you are to prevent us from having access to all this stuff? Who's doing that? Individuals like Gary are getting in the way? Regulators?

I think it's the just tradition. There's traditionalists that just are clinging to the 20th century. And then I think there are just people that are distracted or close-minded, anti-technology. Actually, there's another group. The traditionalists, they want to cling to the 20th century systems. Like this is the way the stock market works.

I think it's the just tradition. There's traditionalists that just are clinging to the 20th century. And then I think there are just people that are distracted or close-minded, anti-technology. Actually, there's another group. The traditionalists, they want to cling to the 20th century systems. Like this is the way the stock market works.

You put Buffett in that category.

You put Buffett in that category.

Buffett's in that category. Charlie Munger's in that. They just grew up in that. Sure.