Geoffrey Miller joins me for a multi-episode series exploring evolutionary psychology, virtue signaling, history, markets, money, and Bitcoin/crypto.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTGeoffrey's twitter: https://twitter.com/primalpoly/mediaGeoffrey's website: https://www.primalpoly.com/CHANNELPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:23 Introduction to Geoffrey Miller00:03:00 Principles of Darwinism00:04:46 The Foundation of Evolutionary Psychology00:12:12 Different Levels of Evolutionary Selection00:15:44 Costly Signaling Theory in Connection to Economics00:23:56 Money is Liquid Fitness00:30:40 Bitcoin as Highly Defensible Wealth00:38:21 Digitization of Property Rights00:42:12 Government as a Parasite00:48:50 The Power Bitcoin has Over the Government00:55:45 Bitcoin as an Existential Threat to Government01:02:40 The Significance of Signaling Theory01:09:20 Virtue Signaling01:16:48 Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work01:22:13 Decentralization of Bitcoin Mining01:28:53 Wealth Disparity in a Proof of Stake Based Economy01:33:37 Bitcoin and Censorship Resistance01:38:55 Evolutionary Psychology and Bitcoin01:41:14 The Role of Bitcoin Toxicity in its Success01:46:51 The Real Threats to Bitcoin01:49:58 How Behavioral Sciences Can Benefit Bitcoin01:55:10 Holding Bitcoin as a Virtue Signal SOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueBUSINESSES I LIKE:Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Use Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/

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