Ep 20: Bitcoin & Biology. Brandon Quittem, Gigi, Svetski. Wake Up Podcast

Episode 20 of the Wake Up Podcast is one of the most mind-blowing yet. Brandon Quittem, the Mycelium master & the always deep & eloquent Gigi join me. There we so many breakthroughs during this conversation. The framing of Bitcoin as a Living Organism is likely the most profound there is. We discussed life as a concept: "That which continues". Life is: - Adaptability - Survivability - Continuation How markets function like a biological system, or biological systems function like markets. Emergence as a concept Life being emergent, complex and bottom up, not top down. Contrary to how religionists think (in general) ? We looked at Bitcoin through the lens of the Sovereign individual thesis: Fragmentation as something that WILL happen, whether or not we do it consciously. We the tied this into the idea of Bitcoin & the great filter (article by Svetski coming soon, and Brandon making mention of it here: https://medium.com/@BrandonQuittem/bitcoin-is-the-antivirus-mushroom-medicine-part-3-4-fd1e6606a3f8 We then took some time to compare Evolution VS utilitarianism, alongside the religionists mis-interpretation of darwinism. - God or nature ? - Creator or creating? As a life form, we established that Bitcoin is absorbing all these ideas and reading a larger, complete, complex system. Like how larger cells absorbed the mitochondria. Life & fragmentation. The story of humanity: Pockets of centralisation in broader networks. Tribes, cities, even countries or continents. This was SUCH a great discussion. Lastly, I want to make a special Shout out to Guy Swann. Check out Brandon’s Mycellium series: https://medium.com/@BrandonQuittem/bitcoin-is-a-decentralized-organism-mycelium-part-1-3-6ec58cdcfaa6? Check out Gigi's Life Series: https://medium.com/@dergigi/proof-of-life-fa28fdc002fe Check out their work: https://www.brandonquittem.com https://dergigi.com Follow the guys on Twitter: @DerGigi @Bquittem ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod And follow me on Twitter @AleksSvetski & https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon!