About this episode
In this episode, I chat with Jesse Myers, a Bitcoin strategy advisor and the author of the essay Once-in-a-Species. He shares deep excitement for Bitcoin treasury companies and how they might be the gateway for TradFi capital to enter Bitcoin at scale.
We also dive deep into the evolutionary roots of money and how the innate human drive for scarcity laid the groundwork for the concept of money, civilization itself, and ultimately Bitcoin as the perfection of scarcity.
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––– Chapters –––
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Jesse's Bitcoin Journey
02:03 - “Once in a Species”: What Inspired the Essay
02:53 - Nick Szabo, Shell Beads & Proto-Money
05:57 - Jesse’s Academic Background: From Neuroscience to Bitcoin
06:58 - Art, Humanity & Neanderthals
09:05 - Who Were the Neanderthals?
13:48 - Why Did Homo Sapiens Triumph?
16:55 - Victorian & Modern Theories on Neanderthals
20:22 - Current Academia’s View vs Austrian Economics
24:04 - The Hidden Economic Purpose of Shell Beads
28:23 - Brain Science & Scarcity: The TKTL1 Mutation
31:45 - Symbolic Thought: Neanderthals vs Homo Sapiens
34:38 - Population Density & Dunbar’s Number
38:46 - Money as a Social Efficiency Multiplier
43:14 - From Tribalism to Civilization Through Trade
48:28 - Reading Excerpt: Scarcity as the Root of Human Flourishing
50:16 - Lessons from the Past for Bitcoin’s Future
56:22 - Bitcoin: The Invention of Perfect Scarcity
01:00:50 - How Bitcoin Changes Civilization
01:05:38 - Deflation, Craftsmanship & Cultural Flywheels
01:07:39 - Closing Thoughts: Scarcity, Collectibles & Civilization
01:11:35 - What’s Next: Bitcoin Treasury Strategy & SmarterWeb
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