Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.00:00:00 - Episode Trailer00:01:06 - Swan Bitcoin00:05:42 - Bitcoin like a cruise missile00:06:07 - Holding high ground behind a wall of encrypted energy00:06:27 - Crypto Bank is strongest, fastest, smartest financial entity in the world00:08:07 - Impact of 24/7 Operations ( 35 hours to 168 hours per week)Highest bandwidth of any asset. The Apex Asset.00:08:47 - Dangers of fighting the Cyber Swarm00:10:03 - Strength of the Highest Common Denominator00:10:32 - Virtues of Hodling & Benefits of Joining the Network00:12:27 - Inverting the asymmetry from fragility to vitality00:12:43 - Herd immunity00:13:08 - The Parable of the Lazy Lions00:13:46 - Destroying Crypto Networks by hobbling transaction fees00:14:47 - Dangers of Socialism in Competition for Capital & Products00:16:33 - Interest rates & thermodynamics00:17:43 - Insanity of negative interest00:19:23 - Bitcoin as auto-immune response to global crisis00:21:45 - Inevitable technology driven by toxic inflation00:22:47 - Impact of Pandemic Crisis & Acceleration00:23:36 - The Currency War00:25:01 - Bitcoin as a Store of Value00:25:36 - $250 Trillion in Bonds, Equity, Metals, Property00:26:03 - Challenges to Storing Value in Real Estate00:26:47 - Challenges to Storing Value in Bonds00:27:58 - Challenges to Storing Value in Equity00:30:25 - Bitcoin vs. EquityAnalogy to Plankton as the Base Layer of Ecosystem00:32:48 - Virtues of Simplicity00:34:48 - Proper mission of a company00:35:48 - Preserving energy for a century00:36:15 - Via Negativa & Ideal Design00:37:46 - Success without Transactions00:39:12 - Intelligence built into Google00:40:34 - Impact of a century on stores of value00:42:20 - Crypto POW is the ideal theoretical solution00:42:58 - Criticality of the Maximalists & Religious Conviction00:44:29 - Institutional Longevity00:45:46 - Keepers of the Flame – Altars & Chapels in Bitcoin00:46:53 - Strength of Gods in Fantasy Genre00:47:39 - Feeding the Fire of Crypto Network (Miners & Nodes)00:48:47 - Challenges of Novel Crypto Networks & Altcoins00:49:24 - Values of Maximalists00:50:53 - Crypto Networks – A path to immortalityBitcoin - “The pursuit of immortal life”00:51:11 - Projecting values thru time00:53:03 - Bitcoin as a Higher Truth00:53:58 - A religion for those that worship the laws of science & math00:54:09 - The moral & intellectual hazards of short time horizons00:55:47 - Virtues of taking the Long View00:56:48 - What is required to store value 100 years? 1000 years?00:57:21 - Economics as a Science00:58:03 - Importance of Isaac Newton00:58:19 - Robert's Outro01:31:27 - End--See My Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22Contribute Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Stack sats: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22