Bitcoin Clarity with Kiara Bickers (WiM041)

Kiara Bickers joins me for a conversation exploring her book "Bitcoin Clarity." Topics explored include philosophy, language, capitalism, art, science, systems, and the ethics/evolution of money.

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GUEST
Kiara's twitter: https://twitter.com/kiarabickers
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CHANNEL
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Transcript:

EPISODE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 NYDIG
00:01:25 The Trustlessness of Bitcoin
00:06:10 Risk vs Consequence
00:10:10 Black Box Structuring
00:16:29 Language Shapes Thought
00:19:09 The Enlightenment Period and the Scientific Revolutions
00:24:12 The Basis of Capitalism
00:27:39 Black Boxes Today
00:30:33 Artists vs Scientists
00:34:43 Credentialism and the Fiat Currency Complex
00:39:48 Quantitative Over Qualitative Perception
00:47:31 Creation vs Discovery
00:51:32 Bicker’s Writing Process
00:55:52 Bitcoin as a Clock
01:01:25 The Ethics of Money
01:10:11 The Implications of Immutable Data
01:16:58 The Evolution of Money
01:25:42 Bitcoin, a Weapons Grade War Deterrent

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