Andrew Bustamante joins me to discuss his life in the CIA, the current geopolitical issues, conspiracy theories, and how to become an everyday spy. Andrew Bustamante is a US Air Force Academy graduate, former covert CIA intelligence officer, decorated wartime military veteran, and successful Fortune 10 corporate advisor.  // GUEST // Find your secret spy power: https://everydayspy.com/quiz/ Learn more with Andy: https://everydayspy.com/ Listen to the Everyday Espionage Podcast: https://everydayspy.com/podcast/ // SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/Gold Investment Letter: https://www.goldinvestmentletter.com/CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/Casa (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comCarnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/ // OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:49 - Intro 00:02:23 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:03:08 - Introducing Andrew Bustamante 00:04:11 - The Career Background of Andrew Bustamante 00:08:31 - Money is an Opportunity 00:11:07 - Equal Opportunity is a Fiction 00:14:49 - Instead of Equality, We Need Fairness 00:18:21 - How Equality Can Lead to Unfairness 00:21:26 - The Question of Gender Fluidity 00:23:32 - Productivity Should Be the Ultimate Goal 00:26:41 - The Story of Everyday Spy 00:31:00 - Category of Spy Tools and Skills 00:33:04 - Skills Get Embedded into the Spies 00:35:26 - Good Business leads to Good Productivity 00:37:00 - Introduction to Everyday Espionage 00:38:44 - The Correlation between Everyday Spy and Everyday Espionage 00:41:52 - The Secret to Disguises 00:43:11 - China: The Next Global Superpower? 00:48:27 - The Geopolitical Situation of Taiwan 00:53:20 - How the U.S. is Responding to Technological War 00:55:54 - Digital War between the U.S. and China 01:00:09 - Maximize Your Profits with Gold Investment Letter 01:01:06 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 01:02:03 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth 01:03:04 - Will the Semiconductor Business Lead to A Conflict? 01:05:21 - Decentralized Economy Deters Military Warfare 01:08:21 - How to Counter the Drawbacks of Decentralization 01:11:40 - Bitcoin is a Net Benefit for Humanity 01:14:34 - The Social Triangle: Increased Efficiency but Decreased Freedom 01:19:06 - Slavery is Imprinted in Human History 01:21:18 - Human Condition: A Battle between Thriving and Surviving 01:28:57 - How Bitcoin Shifts the Balance of Power 01:34:43 - The Actual Situation of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict 01:39:54 - Economic Motivations for Armed Conflict 01:43:52 - How Supply Chain Will Impact Future Conflicts 01:45:30 - How an Average Person Can Defy the Uncertain Future 01:49:38 - We Need to Invest in Unseizable Assets 01:51:30 - Government's Broken Incentives and Incompetence 01:55:57 - The Recipe for Conspiracy and Self-Deception 01:58:42 - Debugging Some Conspiracy Theories 02:04:55 - The Economic Incentive behind the Moon Landing 02:06:58 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 02:07:50 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 02:08:38 - The Significance of Learning Thy Enemy 02:15:04 - We Bend the Truth to Justify our Action 02:18:47 - Human PSYOPS: The Constant Need for Acceptance 02:21:37 - Espionage is the Game of Secret Life 02:26:46 - Know Like Trust: The Process of Infiltrating or Protecting the Secret Life 02:30:38 - The Framework of Discussing the Secret Life 02:31:44 - The Core Motivators to Control Human Behaviors 02:38:06 - The Ideology of Money 02:40:50 - How the CIA Transformed Andrew Bustamante 02:45:28 - The Life after the CIA 02:48:09 - Unplugged Moments from the Matrix 02:49:01 - Future Life Goals