How Bitcoin Defeats Nihilism (w/ Erik Cason) | The Pregame

What does Bitcoin represent philosophically? In preparation for his LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠⁠Erik Cason⁠ (author of ⁠Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin⁠) grabs a cold one with host ⁠⁠Thomas Pacchia⁠ in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about:

00:00 Intro: Welcome to PubKey!
01:39 What is "cryptosovereignty?"
04:30 The steelman for central banking
06:27 What does Nietzsche have to do with money?
08:52 Boomers vs. Gen X vs. millennials
10:13 The rise of communism and fascism
13:01 The war between self-sovereignty vs. custodial Bitcoin
17:07 Is Bitcoin a Trojan horse?
19:33 The coming AI panopticon
24:53 Why Bitcoin needs better UX
31:01 The Samourai verdict & the future of censorship-resistant development
39:51 The American status quo is broken
46:14 Why young American men are in crisis
57:08 Why we need Nostr
01:00:18 The Orange Party thesis
01:01:21 Conclusion: Bitcoin is America

Follow Erik: https://x.com/Erikcason
Follow Thomas: https://x.com/tpacchia
Buy Cryptosovereignty: https://cryptosovereignty.org/

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