Wake Up Podcast with Svetski

On Ep 35, Andrew Henderson, better known as the Nomad Capitalist, joins me to discuss Flag Theory and creating a life where you have more choice and less coercion. We discuss: - Subject / Overlord relationship - Customer / Service provider Relationship - Define the different elements of the flag theory - Difference between a residency and a citizenship - What is a PT - The seasonality of existence - Localism & scale 5 - 10yr outlook - Governments - Taxation - Lockdowns - Private cities And much more. Follow Andrew & his work at: @NomadCapitalist NomadCapitalist.com And Buy his book, also entitled "Nomad Capitalist" on Amazon, or other good book sellers. ________________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod You can follow my work at: - Twitter & IG @AleksSvetski - Mastodon & Clubhouse @Svetski - Medium: https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

Ep 34 of Wake Up is probably the most educational I've done to date, at least in relation to biological evolution, how humanity came to be, and where it may be headed if we're not careful. Jean-François Gariépy, YouTuber, biologist and author of the revolutionary phenotype joins me to discuss his new book, alongside the biological evolution of humanity and life on earth. We look at his elegant theory of how DNA has become the dominant life form on earth, and his extremely sound challenge to Dawkin's and others claims that Memes are actually a "real" replicator life form. We also discuss: - Quantum Darwinism and how that may be the base state - What a Zombie apocalypse would look like, and why it would fail. There was soooo much more in here too, including: Definitions of: - Phenotype VS replicator - General VS revolutionary phenotypes - Genes - Memes - Tremes - Qenes - Cremes Why Not all Qenes are made equal Problems for revolutionary phenotypes - Forgetfulness - Naked Warrior Problem (worms?) - Trickster printer & fool replicators How 1 & 2 are Both solved with the Replicator Tango, and if a draw emerges in #3, then it leads to problem #4. In this model, we discover where Memes fail. - Replicator tango’s are a form of delegation. - Memes work with problem 1 & 2 - Memes fail on #3. - This is because Memes are Fool replicators & fail if they compete with the trickster printers. Cancer is a great example. JFG calls this the "Principle of mutational servitude". Our genes are the trickster printer for the fool replicators that are memes. Problem 4: The printer replacement problem. DNA won this battle (clearly). It's proven by: “The principle of everlasting fingerprints” Adding layers to the genetic code. The upper layer encodes the lower layer. Each genetic code layer is the remnant or evidence of a prior phenotypic revolution. Proteins — RNA — DNA We also dig into the idea of Quantum Darwinism (fascinating stuff). The idea of proteins encoding quantum states. Abiogenesis VS Proteins and Quantum Evolution. Phenotypic revolutions all the way down The phenotypic separation theory of Sex. The origins of Sex. The two step process of meiosis, and it’s unlikeliness has never been adequately understood or explained. Helper cells, ie; partial cells that became of use to the Queen. Soon the split. No need to solve problem 2, 3 or 4. Mitosis + Meiosis: Haploid dominant organisms. Funghi. Perhaps the closest descendant of the first Organism to perform meiosis. Toward the end, we discuss the warning of the book, ie; "The end of DNA". Naturals VS Chosens The path to QNA. I pose some challenges to JFG, ie; - Problems with genetic adjustment. - Could the geneticists just fuck themselves up more? - Is the complexity too great? Where does it lead? Quantum World?? -- Proteins — RNA — DNA -- ??? Lastly, we cap it off with discussions on: Where does the idea of “god” or the “divine” fit and the idea of humans being of the divine ? So are proteins created in the image of God? Rebuttal against the guys who think Darwinism & natural selection is mathematically impossible What is Consciousness? Soooooo much to digest in this one. Listen, enjoy, learn & share. Follow Jean-François at: @JFGariepy https://jfg.world https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4bVl8YKrVKAr6hZlvzkakQ Buy his book on Amazon or Audible at: https://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-Phenotype-amazing-story-begins/dp/1729861563/ ________________________________________ 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 Now also on ClubHouse @Svetski More coming soon!

Ep 33 is for the Bitcoin Plebs! Pirate Beachbum: The Godfather of the Plebs, The Pleb of Plebs (aka; A scrub) joins me alongside Hodlonaut, The Cat, The Founder of Citadel21 & the dude who launched the first Lightning Torch. This is dedicated to all everyone who's a Bitcoiner, whether you're a somebody, a nobody, public, or anon. We start off with topics like: - What does it mean to be pleb. - Why are Bitcoiners, Bitcoiners? - Being a contrarian And we quickly (in typical Wake Up fashion) go deep into the more philosophical side of things, and weave all of our life stories into it. For example: - What are the seeds planted, early on that helped you guys be contrarian Nature & Nurture. - You’re iron, and then you need to be sharpened. - Mentors, coaches, etc Hammer & the Nail - Cause or Effect - Victor or Victim Cushioning & State indoctrination Examples of other things that we’re contrarian with? - health - masks Bitcoin is Truth It will accelerate the collapse of the Empire of Lies What does Bitcoin really mean to you? - For me its the de-monopolisation of Money - Brings people back to themselves - Stoic Short, Medium & Long Term Outlooks. What’s something we all disagree on? Loads in here to digest. Listen, enjoy, learn & share! Follow the guys at: @PirateBeachBum @Hodlonaut ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod You can follow my work at: - Twitter & IG @AleksSvetski - Mastodon & Clubhouse @Svetski - Medium: https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

Ep 32 of Wake Up was an impromptu get together between myself, Zuby & Stephen Cole, which we put together at the random request of a listener of the Pod (I think it was Kiwi Hodl - shout out man!). You're gonna be like a kid in a fucking ice cream shop on this one. Chocolate meets Caramel meets Vanilla. Zuby, as many of you will know, is a Rapper, Author & Creative Entrepreneur who became twitter famous as he smashed the women's deadlift world record as a warm up, whilst he identified as a woman..hahahaha Stephen Cole is a friend of mine, early eBay tech genius, Bitcoiner, Angel Investor & all round one of the most genuine people I know. This conversation wasn't planned, scripted or themed, but it was such a great talk, and we went into so many topics, across so many disciplines. Philosophy, Ethics, Morality, History, Psychology, Responsibility, Economics, Integrity, Courage, Truth, Religion, and loads more. We spoke about: - The problem with setting dangerous precedents - The world as a large scale Asch Experiment. - How Nazi prison guards & Capo's were conditioned. How: - This is the first generation in history that’s sacrificing the young for the old. - Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance. - Disobedience is a virtue in the face of tyranny. - Things only 'seem' better because Economic & technological progress has occurred "The Renunciation of Responsibility leads to the Oppression Olympics" Principles VS Methods Fiat VS Natural Law & Morality. Silver, not Golden rule Conscious VS Unconscious We cap it off with a discussion about each of our early stories & inspirations. Loads in here to digest. Enjoy, share & learn! Follow the guys at: @ZubyMusic @SthenC ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod You can follow my work at: - Twitter & IG @AleksSvetski - Mastodon & Clubhouse @Svetski - Medium: https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

Scott Horton joins me again for Part 2 of our "Monopoly on" series of Podcasts. The last episode, if you've not yet heard it is Episode 29: https://youtu.be/uyE3kl2-RCo In this episode, we finally go down the Bitcoin Rabbit hole, and I make a call to all Libertarians out there to begin to understand Bitcoin, why it exists and how it is the best & most peaceful weapon we have against the state. Scott puts forward his framework (The Scott Horton method) of helping people whether left or right, come toward libertarianism, by agree with them and asking them to stay consistent wth their beliefs as they're applied to matters they may not agree with. We also discuss: - Proud Boys & Similar groups being labelled as domestic terrorists. - AOC bullshit. - Has war changed in 2020? (Ie; implicit wars like lockdowns, mask mandates, etc)? - Mexican Stand off / Deterrence, so now war is covert. - The difference between speaking to existing libertarians and normal people. - We started at the Plumb line. We've deviated. Are we managing to bring people back around? - Break the Monopoly on Money - How do we fix this? (Bitcoin, defund Brrr) - Libertarians & "battered woman syndrome". - How do we get more Libertarians onto Bitcoin? - The renunciation of power is perhaps where the weakness in libertarianism comes And lots more. Make sure you follow Scott & his work at: https://scotthorton.org/ http://libertarianinstitute.org Antiwar.com The Scott Horton Show and Antiwar Radio (More than 5,000 interviews since 2003.) His Books: Author of the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand:Time to End the War in Afghanistan Editor of the 2019 book, The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019 Author of the 2021 book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism As usual; Listen, Learn, Share and Subscribe. I'll see you on the next episode. ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod You can follow my work at: - Twitter & IG @AleksSvetski - Mastodon & Clubhouse @Svetski - Medium: https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

I’m joined by the hilarious, sharp and ever thought provoking Godfrey “Hang the Bastards” Bloom. He’s an Austrian-school Economist and Ex Fund manager, who spent 5yrs on the European parliamentary committee of economics. Poor guy had to deal with one of the world’s most ridiculous bureaucracies for that long !?!?!? Anyway. Lucky for England (in some capacity at least) they had someone like him in there batting for them. We discuss: - The modern state, and it’s supreme stupidity. - Medieval in the suppression of the people - How did we “somewhat” break that 1945 push for socialism? Or did we not? - Why Gold. - Exiting the monopoly on money - Gold VS Bitcoin - Customer & Service provider relationship / Subject & Overlord relationship - “Buy Gold and Kick a Central Banker in the Balls” - Could the state get desperate enough to go in & take that gold? I then put forward some points about Gold’s weaknesses: - Physicality makes it easy to confiscate, control & manipulate - Also hard to personally secure & use - Useless in a digital world - Gold losing it’s monetary premium & therefore losing its use as a wealth preservation tool. We also discussed how we need to protect ourselves in a world becoming increasingly draconian in nature. I posited that Bitcoin, being information is much harder to censor. Godrey also pointed out that we need to see Big business getting skin in the BTC game - which we’re certainly seeing with Michael Saylor leading the charge. This is a great, podcast and one you’ll not only learn from, but thoroughly enjoy. Follow Godfrey’s work here: Twitter @goddersbloom https://godfreybloom.uk As usual; Listen, Learn, Share and Subscribe. I'll see you on the next episode. ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod You can follow my work at: - Twitter & IG @AleksSvetski - Mastodon & Clubhouse @Svetski - Medium: https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

On this week's Ep, I've got a very special Guest. Scott Horton, one of the world's most vocal and hard working Libertarians and anti-war authors. He joined me to speak about why and how foreign policy is the most important aspect of a presidency or nation state’s impact. How a monopoly on violence gives the state the power of an empire. - Why wars so enticing for a state. - Is modern warfare different to medieval & ancient warfare? Why? - How did we get here? What went wrong along the way? - The constant state of emergency - Does he think what’s happened in the last 14mths (globalist agenda) is in some ways retribution for America’s meddling in everyone’s shit? - If we were more localised, would these kinds of wars or conflicts be as much of a reality? - When is War necessary? One of the resources that Scott Mentioned was a series of works by Garet Garrett: - The revolution was - Ex America - Rise of Empire Make sure you follow Scott & his work at: https://scotthorton.org/ http://libertarianinstitute.org Antiwar.com The Scott Horton Show and Antiwar Radio (More than 5,000 interviews since 2003.) His Books: Author of the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand:Time to End the War in Afghanistan Editor of the 2019 book, The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019 Author of the 2021 book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism As usual; Listen, Learn, Share and Subscribe. I'll see you on the next episode. ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod You can follow my work at: - Twitter & IG @AleksSvetski - Mastodon & Clubhouse @Svetski - Medium: https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

On this week's Ep, I've got two Medical Doctors and Bitcoiners, joining me to talk Health, Medicine, Viruses, Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex, Bitcoin, Economics, and much, much more. I'm trying to do something different with the Wake Up Podcast, so I'm going to continue to bring on guests from various backgrounds who've all started from first principles and made their way to conclusions that are consistent with others that have followed different, but similarly first principles derived paths. In this discussion, we looked at the world through a brilliant mental model that Dr Bitcoin MD put forward: - Incentives - Trade Offs - Autonomy - Meaning Viewing the world through each of these lenses can teach you alot about where we are, how we got here and where we might be going. I really hope you enjoy this, and in particular share it around with people you know who might be skeptical of the stance of responsibility. As usual; Listen, Learn, Share and Subscribe. I'll see you on the next episode. _________________________________ Follow both these gentlemen at: @DrBitcoinMD @BTCDCA _________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod And follow me on Clubhouse @Svetski, Twitter @AleksSvetski & https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon! ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

Ep 27 is a no holds barred, raw, honest and "straight to the core of the issue" podcast which pierces right through all the bullshit. You know that when you've got myself, David & Francis on a podcast, you're going to get real talk - and no pussy footing around. The world has been drowning in increasing levels of stupidity, and whilst the number of people willing to speak up is growing, they're all being censored left, right & centre. In this podcast we cover the following: - How the world is a disaster right now due to the renunciation fo responsibility, or in Francis's words; Ass covering & Plausible deniability. - How Taleb succumbed to his theories and didn’t put them in practice. He took his skin out of the game - Why Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged was an instruction manual, not a fictional story. - How she was 100% accurate in the way she described the disillusionment of society. - Why disputed Taleb's recent lunacy, his did accurately point out that people don’t actually care about inequality - they care when they know that the game is rigged. - The problem is, the game IS rigged, and EVERYone is disillusioned, AND responsibility has been renounced. - How the free market is being criminalised. - Why the "public system" has perpetuated the removal of personal agency & responsibility This is a killer podcast. I wouldn't be surprised if this episode gets deleted, but time will tell. In the meantime, listen, learn, share. Follow the guys at: @FrancisPouliot @BitcoinBrains ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod And follow me on Medium @ Svetski.medium.com, Clubhouse @Svetski & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

Episode 26 sees @JimmySong going me again, this time to review his most recent piece: "The Moral Case for Bitcoin". Jimmy & I always have great discussions and dig into Bitcoin, Philosophy and Economics from numerous angles. On this episode, we touch on: - Why do Governments exist? - Difference between Gov’t then and now? - Why has the world “Elite” been so deranged? - Natural Law VS Positivism - Why do people follow Natural Law? - What is “The Moral Case for Bitcoin” - Why is it not discussed widely? - Prudence, Temperance, Justice, Fortitude - Why are they missing in modernity? - Emergent, natural Law VS Fiat Authority - Property Rights - Centralsiation VS Decentralisation And a whole lot more.. Tune in, share it, like it, (rate the show) and I hope you learn alot. Follow Jimmy on Twitter & Medium @JimmySong, and check out his latest Book "Thank God for Bitcoin" available on Amazon now. ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

Welcome !!! Episode 25 has been my favourite so far. @GiacomoZucco is by far one of the most consistent, intelligent and authentic people I've had the pleasure of not only learning from, but speaking to & meeting. This conversation touched on so many things which are relevant NOW, and for life in general. We covered Bitcoin of course, but also understanding those who do & don't understand Bitcoin with a very useful Venn-Diagram style heuristic that I think you will all find incredibly useful. We spoke about Giacomo's early days as a scientist, about complexity and about how that led to him being a Libertarian (in the congruent, traditional sense of the term) and later a Bitcoiner. We spoke about how the right AND the left are both idiots. We discussed Seasonality, the HOPF Cycle which many of you know, ie; - Strong man create good times - Good times create weak men - Weak men create hard times - Hard times create strong men And how this theme consistently comes up throughout history, and what we can do (if anything) to either lengthen or shorten the frequency of certain periods and perhaps minimise the amplitude also. We discussed the Memetic nature of ideas, and how modern warfare is memetic in nature because all out, overt violence is no longer as functional-a-tool as it used to be. So much good stuff in this discussion. Listen to it. Share it around. Subscribe to the channel, and make sure you check out Giacomo's article on The Bitcoin Times: https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times/bitcoin-and-the-hopf-cycle-of-the-internet-f351f1b7c1e3 You can find Giacomo on Twitter @GiacomoZucco ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

Welcome to Episode 24 of Wake Up, and the 3rd episode of The Bitcoin Times Series. I’ve got Jeff Booth on with me today, the Author of “The Price of Tomorrow”, one of the best books written in 2020. I will apologise in advance to the YouTube listeners. We seem to have had some audio issues during the recording. I managed to get the audio-only file normalised, but the video file was harder to do. Anyway.... Jeff and I discussed LOADS on this podcast. It was a unique one because we pulled on threads and got philosophical across a number of dimensions. We discussed his article, of course, which you find as part of The Bitcoin Times Ed 3 (Free download at bitcointimes.news). We discussed what happens to the world in the absence of Bitcoin, and how so-called policy makers are not necessarily evil, but are stuck because the system itself is broken. Furthermore, we looked into how technology is an accelerant and will only serve to precipitate the inevitable deterioration of the status quo. We discuss - Capitalism & innovation as the natural state. - Mental models for the “base” frame of reference - Why conspiracies are convenient, and often not a grand plan, but an inevitable outcome based on poor underlying incentives. - Pathways toward and away from WW3 - The erosion of personal agency & responsibility - How can we fix that? Jeff also suggested a series of Books which you should all have a look at: - Lessons of history - A guide to the good life - Scale – Geoffrey West - Why you are who you are – Mark Leary. - The art of learning - The order of time - Why information grows - Actionable Gamification - Play Bigger You can find Jeff on Twitter @JeffBooth. LinkedIn: JeffDBooth His Book: thepriceoftomorrow.com Personal: jeffreybooth.com ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

This is a special Episode and a little different to what I usually do. Pete Evans and I met many years ago in Sydney, and crossed paths a number of times since then in the most uncanny of circumstances and stayed in touch over the years. We've recently discovered that we're on the same page on a number of ideas, so I thought it best we jump on a call to talk through some of them. The central idea in this discussion is Personal Responsibility, which is something that's been eroded amongst the populace for many years, but something that people like myself, Pete and those listening to this podcast truly hold dear. There's a number of other topics we touch on also, and of note, I attempt to weave Bitcoin into the discussion toward the end, but considering the scope of the topic of Money & Bitcoin, I'm not sure I did it much justice in the time we had. Nevertheless, Pete & I will connect again in future and I hope we can take you (the audience) on a Journey as we dig down the Bitcoin and Individual Sovereignty rabbit hole. I hope you enjoy this episode, and of course, you can find Pete + his work at: Instagram @ChefPeteEvans www.peteevans.com www.evolvenetwork.tv ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

Welcome to a Brave New 1984. 2020 has been the year in which: - the truth has become heresy - to think for yourself is illegal - to speak up is frowned upon - science is political opinion George Orwell warned 70yrs ago in his seminal 1984. The harbingers of doom are: - Double speak - Elimination of vocabulary (cancel culture) - Inversion of truth. His examples were: - War is Peace - Ignorance is Strength - Freedom is Slavery And in 2020, the reality is: - Intelligence is Sociopathy - Critical Thinking is Terrorism - Asymptomatic is Symptomatic - Healthy is Diseased. It's like we're living in a sado-masochistic episode of the twighlight zone. Everything is upside down. ____________________________________ Thanks again for watching, Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

Erik Cason (also from Unchained Capital) joins me on Episode 22 of the Wake Up Podcast to discuss his incredible piece "Bitcoin and the State of Emergency". This is part of the "Bitcoin Times" series of episodes I'll be doing where I discuss the topics of each article from the Bitcoin times publication with the respective authors. Erik is one of my favourite thinkers in the entire Bitcoin 'space'. He takes a philosophical viewpoint which I align with at a deep level, and he has a way of articulating it that very few in the world can match. In this episode, we look at: Bitcoin as a tool of war Bitcoin as the new Bushido Bitcoiners like Samurai, who will commit Seppuku long before they give up their private keys. Fiat society and Bitcoin as "The renaissance of Meaning" The state and it's emergence How the state of emergency becomes the state of oppression. Why the state wants this control Does the expansion of the state necessitate the “control” How the systematic removal of meaning, purpose and therefore Pride results in envy & emptiness This is an incredible episode. As usual, listen, share & subscribe. Follow Eric Cason on twitter @ErikCason, and check out his work at www.CryptoSovereignty.org Check out Erik's essay at The Bitcoin Times, available Free for PDF download. If you prefer Medium, and would like to support our work there, follow the publication on: https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times/bitcoin-and-the-state-of-emergency-742444b9c6bb Also follow The Bitcoin Times on Twitter @TimelessBitcoin ____________________________________ 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 & Medium at: svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

Parker Lewis from Unchained Capital joins me on Episode 21 of the Wake Up Podcast. This is part of the "Bitcoin Times" series of episodes I'll be doing where I discuss the topics of each article from the Bitcoin times publication with the respective authors. Parker's piece was one of my favourites because it really gets to the bottom of why Bitcoin fixes the financial derangement syndrome we're all subject to in a fiat world. He makes the (very accurate) argument that whilst Financialization is normal, what we see in the world today is a deranged and exacerbated form in which everyone (particularly in developed nations) is forced to play a game of investing (risk) taking because money loses value. Savings as the cornerstone of civilisation & capitalism has been eroded to the point that you would be a madman to hold any of your wealth in money. "Cash is Trash" as the saying goes. All money now flows to financial products, some of which may be justified, but the majority which are just derivatives of derivatives of derivatives which solve no problem, add no value, produce nothing and merely act as vehicles or sponges to absorb all of the unhinged money creation. This is a brilliant episode, and Parker is one of the best people I know in the space. Follow him on Twitter @ParkerALewis, checkout the work him & the team are doing at www.unchained-capital.com. Check out Parker's essay at The Bitcoin Times, available Free for PDF download. If you prefer Medium, and would like to support our work there, follow the publication on: https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times/bitcoin-is-the-great-definancialization-65b4c27a8371 Also follow The Bitcoin Times on Twitter @TimelessBitcoin ____________________________________ 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!

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 Mycelium 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!

On Episode 19 of the Wake Up Podcast, I've got Jimmy Song & Jordan Bush joining me. [FORGIVE THE BAD VIDEO QUALITY. ZOOM SUCKS. I WILL BE SWITCHING TO A NEW RECORDING SOFTWARE. AUDIO IS FINE THOUGH] I was initially intending to save this episode for next year, but the response to "Bitcoin Atheists" was so strong, that I had to record sooner.. Similar to the last episode, we dug deep. Definitions for: - God - Religion - Prophets - Spirituality - A higher power - Consciousness - A void that binds / the ultimate being - Love & Connectedness But we also explored key concepts & questions such as: Sacrifice and spiral dynamics. The hero & Sacrifice as a virtue Can you be religious and not believe in god? Can you believe in god, but not be religious? Morality - That which is compatible with life. - Evolutionary or divine? Could religion just be a story to help us cope with the reality of the difficulty of life? What else does it offer? Supernatural & the Metaphysical. - Bitcoin - Christianity And much much more. Follow the guys on Twitter: @JimmySong @JMBushWrites And check out their new book, co-authored with some other brilliant bitcoiners, including my friend Robert Breedlove. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P3Z2H48/ ____________________________________ 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!On Episode 19 of the Wake Up Podcast, I've got Jimmy Song & Jordan Bush joining me. I was initially intending to save this episode for next year, but the response to "Bitcoin Atheists" was so strong, that I had to record sooner. Similar to the last episode, we dug deep. Definitions for: - God - Religion - Prophets - Spirituality - A higher power - Consciousness - A void that binds / the ultimate being - Love & Connectedness But we also explored key concepts & questions such as: Sacrifice and spiral dynamics. The hero & Sacrifice as a virtue Can you be religious and not believe in god? Can you believe in god, but not be religious? Morality - That which is compatible with life. - Evolutionary or divine? Could religion just be a story to help us cope with the reality of the difficulty of life? What else does it offer? Supernatural & the Metaphysical. - Bitcoin - Christianity And much much more. Follow the guys on Twitter: @JimmySong @JMBushWrites And check out their new book, co-authored with some other brilliant bitcoiners, including my friend Robert Breedlove. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P3Z2H48/ ____________________________________ 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!

Joining me on Episode 18 of the Wake Up Podcast, and the third episode of the Hall of Fame Series are Knut Svanholm and Ben from BTC Sessions. This episode is called "Bitcoin Atheists" and will have to be part 1 of 2 because there was so much to go through and we hit 3hrs already! We dug into alot of things, including: Definitions for: - God - Religion - Prophets - Spirituality - A higher power - Consciousness & - A void that binds / the ultimate being - Love & Connectedness - Atheism - Truth (although we didn't get into this enough) - Is the bible agnostic, but the 'religionisation' of it & the subsequent institutionalisation is where the problem lies? - Did Religion & the nation state initially help us transcend the version of power in place? - Responsibility / removal of skin in the game is how the system rots. - Were the message of texts like the bible were about taking responsibility in some sense? - Bottom up VS top down transformation Necessary step in the evolution of humans? - Spiral Dynamics - General history Are we living in a Simulation?? Religion / Democracy & Time Preference (but will save this more for part 2). This was a fantastic call & discussion. Follow these fine gentlemen on Twitter and each of their other platforms: Knut: @KnutSvanholm on twitter https://youtu.be/2pDlaOGA2ac https://www.amazon.com/Knut-Svanholm/e/B087WQ4H28/ BTC Sessions: @BTCSessions on twitter. http://btcsessions.ca/​ https://anchor.fm/btcsessions​ ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Twitter @AleksSvetski & https://svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

This is Episode TWO of the "Hall of Fame Series" at Wake Up, and Episode 17 overall. "Join the revolution and get rich along the way" The hall of fame series are Long Form discussions with special guests, every week or two where we dig deep into different themes, topics & ideas. In this episode, American HODL and Stoney Bitson join me to discuss America, the American Dream and Bitcoiners as the modern American Revolutionaries. As you can imagine, this episode contains comedy, profanity and a whole lot of REAL talk. Some of the things we cover: - Who ever thought you could Join the revolution and get filthy fucking rich Along the way? - We can’t lose. We have gravity on our side. - We’ve got reality. Physics. Good luck trying to stop that with a digital Ponzi scheme. - The cost of being contrarian VS The cost of being the sheep. - Coming back to the island VS America - Libertarians were neutered, Ideas were their tool and now Bitcoin has arrived. - The intelligent interrogate everything. - War has evolved - Natural wealth redistribution through capitalism. - How capitalism reduces uncertainty - Reputation is important because when it comes time to do deals later. Clubs have always existed. - Bitcoiners have become like Bitcoin. Everything that gets thrown at us makes us stronger Follow the guys on Twitter @StoneyBitson and @HODLAMERICAN615 ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Twitter @AleksSvetski, and on Medium: Svetski.medium.com More coming soon!

Your mind will be blown into the f%$&ing stratosphere alongside #Bitcoin while listening to this Pod. @Breedlove22 + @DerGigi + @AleksSvetski COSMIC AF. We dig into bitcoin from multiple viewpoints. Physics Metaphysics First principles Natural Law Duality Singularity We dig into what the future might look like, whether or not we can solve for tyranny, What it means to have a better quality of problem and much more. Capped off with a treasure trove of resources for you to dig into further. Books, and the minds of the giants who’s shoulders we now stand on. Incredible stuff. This may be, no shit, one of the best pods you’ll listen to this decade. Peep. Subscribe. Share. On Anchor @WakeUpPod. Also on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc Follow everyone on Twitter at: @Breedlove22 @DerGigi @AleksSvetski

Ep 15: Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance. In this video we see the dangers of group identity & the cancer that is collectivism. A group of people decide it’s perfectly ok to behave like Nazi’s, because they identify as a self-proclaimed righteous group of protestors (ie; BLM), and have placards that read “fuck off Nazi’s”. The greatest feat of the Nazi’s, Communists and any other collectivist & authoritarian group is to make YOU think you’re the villain, and to use double-speak like this to give themselves immunity from their actions. These morons wouldn’t even know what Nazi stands for, nor that fascist stems from exactly the societal model they adhere to (ie; communism as a branch of socialism / collectivism). This is exactly the kind of derangement syndrome that people from Peterson to Rand to Rothbard and many before have warned us about. Group identity politics is an application of collectivist ideology and so long as we do not hold the individual as the central & most important component of society, we will devolve into such madness. The collectivist crowd (mob) is able to both make itself immune from bad behaviour because it has a self-endowed moral or ethical high-ground, and at the same time, is able to target individuals of a “different group” that, irrespective of WHO the individual is, are brandished as “evil” or whatever the mob want to label them as. It’s the oldest trick in the game, and people keep falling for it. The day we reintroduce the individual as the centre-piece, and begin to reclaim personal agency and responsibility, is the day we begin to make things better. No group is better than any individual. The individual is the atomic unit and it all starts there. I hope this video serves as a warning. ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

There’s a strong trend of anti-elitism growing in the world, and whilst I understand where it comes from, because it’s been poorly defined, it’s totally misguided. In fact, by not defining the damn thing properly, we group truly honourable & inspirational people up with the parasites. This lack of properly defining things is the source of many problems - but I’ll get to that in another video. I wrote an article about this which you can read about here: https://medium.com/the-capital/in-support-of-the-elite-3c2046381980 and as usual, I want to wake people up & delineate between true elites, and the parasites we wrongfully label as such. In the process of doing so, I hope for two things: You don’t get caught in the trap of resenting those with more than you, because that is destructive and helps neither you nor society. You choose to become elite yourself. You embrace what’s unique about you. You choose to become the best version of yourself and impact the world in a way that only you can. This is what it takes to push the human race forward. The ability to be OUT-FUCKING-STANDING. You want to be an outsider. You want to be a minority. You want to be different. As Arnold said “nobody has ever done this before” is the motivator. Those who want to earn & grow themselves into the 1% are to be praised & admired. What could be more inspiring than an individual who creates something from nothing. Who takes their labour, their time, their effort and their energy to build something. This is profound. This is life. This is how the individual drives the human race forward. ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

People always refer to the morality of “democracy”, and it being the mechanism of rule that's the fairest & most just - but it’s just NOT true. Democracy will always devolve into authoritarianism because it’s just another form of collectivism requiring you to give up your personal agency to an external authority. A truly FREE society is one where economics rules, and the ability to cast your vote live at all times is the only way we can have a truly open, functional, liberty-centric society. This might sound like blasphemy to some, but in order to make sense of this statement, one has to understand what economics actually measures. Economics is the study of the allocation of resources (primarily time & energy) by individual participants in a society. This is the free-market, and more broadly, free-society form of organisation & convergence that does not require a central authority to decree what should happen, how & when (which is often inefficient & inaccurate). Economic decisions are real, live, functional votes in a free society. It’s representative of your choice here & now, and is more powerful than any other force in the world, especially a “democratic” one. ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!

A lot of the things they want are actually “nice things”. The problem is they don’t think critically, nor deeply, and their ideas actually result in the opposite of what they want. So it’s not that they’re necessarily bad people - they’re just naive, lazy, and generally stupid. They don’t think in terms of consequence, nor in terms of nuance. They just think at the surface level & in black in white. They therefore cause more problems & proceed to blame it on everyone else. This is my shortest video to date. Woohoo! ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod And follow me on Medium & Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!