Brandon Quittem: Your ego is blinding you | BFM081

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Brandon Quittem is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and passionate Bitcoiner. His articles have been read by more than 2 million people online, like his article on the parallels between Bitcoin and mycelium. He loves taking complex information and turning it into simple, actionable, intelligence, I hope we achieved that in this episode! › Follow Brandon: https://x.com/Bquittem⁠ › Brandon’s articles: https://brandonquittem.com/category/blog/ SPONSORS 🧘‍♂️ Gain peace of mind with Onramp’s Multi-Institution Custody solution. Receive $250 in Bitcoin when you join via https://bfmlinks.com/onramp 🔐 The Foundation Passport is a premium Bitcoin hardware wallet you already know how to use. Get $10 off with code BRAM via https://foundation.xyz/bram PRODUCTS I ENDORSE › CRYPTOTAG: The world's strongest seed phrase storage - https://bfmlinks.com/cryptotag › Buy Bitcoin in the EU 🇪🇺 via https://relai.me/bram and use code BRAM to reduce fees by 0.5% 🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO GET NOTIFIED › YouTube: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@bramk⁠⁠ › Follow Bram on ⁠⁠https://x.com/bramk TIMESTAMPS 🕑 00:00 - Introduction and Background 02:13 - From Corporate Sales to Yoga Teacher Training 06:11 - Discovering Bitcoin and Changing Career Paths 09:39 - Joining Swann and Building Something Together 11:39 - The Turning Point: Realizing Bitcoin Cannot Be Stopped 13:31 - The Value of Bitcoin: Hard to Change and Preserving Trust 18:15 - The Psychological Shift in Bitcoin Adoption 22:44 - Bitcoin as a Source of Hope and Long-Term Thinking 25:30 - The Challenge of Evangelizing Bitcoin 31:28 - The Role of Psychedelics in Understanding Bitcoin 38:24 - Bitcoin as a New Type of Institution 43:06 - The Paradigm Shift of Bitcoin 50:28 - The Social Implications of Bitcoin 54:17 - The Fourth Turning and the Decay of Institutions 57:19 - The Tendency to Repeat History 59:23 - The Importance of Allowing Small Disruptions 01:05:59 - Bitcoin's Role as a New Institution 01:19:02 - The Global Game Theory of Bitcoin Adoption 01:23:36 - Respecting Biology: Harmony with Nature