Life, Energy, and Entropy | The Jason Lowery Series | Episode 4 (WiM140)

Feb 19 2022 • 1hr 8m

Show Notes

Jason Lowery from the US Space Force joins me for a multi-episode series exploring the first principles of physics, the ubiquity of organic power projection, and how Bitcoin changes the game.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTJason's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonPLoweryPODCASTPodcast 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:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 The Scummy Membranes at the Dawn of Life00:05:10 The Problem with Trust at Scale00:10:15 Life as Any Open System that Imports Energy and Exports Entropy00:14:12 Bubbles of Order within the Maelstrom of Nature00:18:40 The Defensibility of Property and the Sophistication of Civilization00:21:49 The Species-Level Evolutionary Advantage of Aging00:25:52 Sexual Reproduction, Death, and the Intensity of Exchange00:28:59 Self-Awareness Across Time as the Ultimate Survival Strategy00:30:46 NYDIG00:31:54 Genetic Information as a River Flowing Through Time00:34:53 The Danger of Subduing Human Nature…00:38:14 The Power Projection Game is Ruthlessly Egalitarian00:40:51 To Trust Incentives is to Reduce the Need for Interpersonal Trust00:45:05 Nuclear Armament as a 51% Attack on The Global Power Projection Game00:47:39 An Intra-Speceil Surrogate to War is Necessary for Individual Sovereignty00:50:44 Proof-of-Work: A Fair Power Projection Competition over Property00:54:38 “Human in the Loop” as the Limiting Factor in All Future Warfare00:59:06 The Nuclear-Hardened History of TCP/IP and Protocol Network Effects01:05:18 The Dynamic Tension Between Centralization and DecentralizationSOCIALBreedlove 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=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

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@reedbtc

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Feb 20 2022

Loving the Lowery Series! Thank you!

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@normanremnant

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Oct 2 2022

“firing electrons down the barrel of a miner to power project” loving this series. thank you