A Finite Time Singularity | The Geoffrey West Series | Episode 3 (WiM146)

Mar 1 2022 • 1hr 21m

Show Notes

Theoretical Physicist Geoffrey West joins me for a multi-episode series exploring his excellent book "Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies." Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTGeoffrey's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010P7Z8J0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Geoffrey's Profile: https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/geoffrey-westPODCASTPodcast 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 Geoffrey’s (Undisciplined) Approach to Writing…00:11:00 Physical Activity and Activating the Creative Juices00:14:58 Tools Geoffrey Uses in the Writing Process00:17:30 Geoffrey’s Approach to Reading…00:22:40 Just Write or Edit-as-You-Go?00:25:45 Cormac McCarthy’s Involvement with Geoffrey’s Written Work00:30:31 NYDIG00:31:39 The Scaling Characteristics Specific to Organic Growth00:37:53 “Social Metabolism”: The Super-Linear Scaling of Inorganic Growth00:42:37 Could Super-Linear Scaling have an Undiscovered Limiting Factor?00:44:12 A Possible End to Super-Linear Scaling: A Finite Time Singularity00:51:36 What is the Nature of Innovation with Paradigm Shifts?00:54:31 Sustainability as the Intelligent Exportation of Entropy00:58:18 Harnessing Fossil Fuels and the Attendant Shift to a Global Closed System01:01:52 Respecting the Role of Scientific Thinking in Socioeconomic System Design01:05:34 James Maxwell Advocating the Economic Value of Electromagnetism01:08:30 From Living on Energy Flows to Energy Stocks: The Transition to a Closed System01:16:56 My Story of Legislation Destroying the Residential Solar Power BusinessSOCIALBreedlove 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