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A Finite Time Singularity | The Geoffrey West Series | Episode 3 (WiM146)
A Finite Time Singularity | The Geoffrey West Series | Episode 3 (WiM146)
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Length:
82 minutes
Released:
Mar 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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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
Released:
Mar 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Dear Eric Weinstein: In April 2020, after watching Eric Weinstein’s appearance on Joe Rogan (episode #1453), Chris Espley wrote a thread on Twitter which gave a Bitcoiner’s perspective on some of the societal problems Weinstein had identified. Bitcoiners aren’t a homogenous group, but the thread proved popular, suggesting the themes resonated with a significant number of Bitcoiners and explained their perspective well. In this episode of the What is Money? Show, Robert Breedlove and Chris Espley explore and expand on the themes discussed within the original thread. by The "What is Money?" Show