The Sovereign Individual Pt 2 - The Logic of Violence with Robert Breedlove

 
 
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“If you’re operating in a purely free market, the presupposition is that you should only be rewarded commensurate to how well you satisfy the wants of others basically; the better you serve mankind the richer you become.”
— Robert Breedlove

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: El Salvador
Date: Monday 10th May
Project: Independent
Role: Bitcoin Writer

Growing food, gunpowder and the printing press, while these don't appear to have much in common, they have been the catalyst for some of the most fundamental shifts ever seen in human history.

  • The agricultural revolution led man from small groups of hunter-gatherers to relatively large settled communities; this provided the basis for centralised political structures.

  • The gunpowder revolution changed warfare. It removed the ultimate power of a knight on horseback and rebalanced power back towards the people.

  • With the advent of the printing press, the spread of ideas became possible on a previously unimaginable scale; this, in turn, turbocharged the Renaissance and removed power from the church.

Each one has been responsible for revolutionising how society operates and transformed people's lives.

With Bitcoin, are we now amidst the next significant revolution that will change the course of history?

In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin writer Robert Breedlove. We discuss the mega-political variables that shape society, the role of technology, and the logic of violence.

TIMESTAMPS

00:05:43: Introduction
00:07:40: Logic of violence prior to the agricultural revolution
00:09:08: Start of the agricultural revolution
00:14:59: How government emerges
00:16:13: Mega-politics and four key variables
00:21:17: Structure of governance
00:24:23: Property rights and risk
00:27:26: Will the security structure remain the same?
00:31:25: Protection and self-interest
00:35:53: Written language and time preferences
00:39:04: Threat of social revolt
00:41:15: Emergence of money
00:44:08: Transition into feudalism
00:44:55: First sovereign individuals
00:45:52: The rising knighthood
00:46:35: The contribution of the church
00:54:01: Merchants emerge
00:54:53: Politicians emerge
00:56:02: Final stage of economic development
00:57:27: Emergence of kings
00:58:46: Monarchy versus democracy
01:01:12: Transition from monarchy to democratic government
01:04:38: Gunpowder revolution
01:08:11: Wealth is knowledge
01:13:59: Banks vs Bitcoin
01:16:08: The power of the meme
01:20:23: Final comments


 

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