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. 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. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianDeMint App: https://signup.theorangepillapp.com/opa/BrianD Book: https://a.co/d/cqMkd1d// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/ Wasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/ Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/ Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.com Carnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/ // OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:50 - Intro 00:02:24 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:03:10 - Introducing Brian De Mint 00:03:59 - Calling Out Robert for a Boxing Match 00:05:22 - Career Background and Getting into Bitcoin 00:07:32 - The Lure of Bitcoin Rabbit Hole 00:09:16 - Protestant Reformation of the Catholic Church 00:13:49 - How Technology Changes an Existing System 00:17:28 - Ideology Fuels Human Action 00:18:28 - Suppression Leads to Proliferation 00:21:54 - Adapting the Monopoly 00:25:23 - Putting the Pieces Together 00:27:31 - How Decentralized Underground Railroads Liberated the Slaves 00:31:33 - Bitcoin: An Idea Beyond Human Control 00:36:02 - The Delusions of Totalitarianism 00:39:31 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:40:28 - 1980s Artworks of Prodemocracy Movements 00:44:16 - The Minority Rule 00:47:22 - The Spartacus Effect 00:52:40 - Alignment of Selfishness and Selflessness 00:54:16 - The Psychology of Totalitarianism 00:56:15 - Four Steps of Mass Formation 00:59:56 - Why We Need Peer-to-Peer Interaction 01:03:07 - The Importance of Self-Responsibility 01:05:19 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 01:06:07 - Social Conformity Experiments 01:11:42 - How Incentives Influence General Patterns of Human Behaviour 01:16:03 - The Intersection of Bitcoin and the Social Change Movement 01:19:11 - Bitcoin's Underlying Incentives 01:23:25 - Morality of Telling the Truth 01:26:15 - Where to Find Brian on the Internet// PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE? RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/// SOCIAL // Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22 All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22

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