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Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles | Lex Fridman Podcast #176

Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles | Lex Fridman Podcast #176

Recommended on this episode

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Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

“that's one of my favorite books”
“that's one of my favorite books is U man for meeting maybe we can break that apart a little bit”— Lex Fridman
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The Case Against Reality

Donald Hoffman

“a lot most of my thinking is shaped by a book I read recently called the case against reality”
“a lot most of my thinking is shaped by a book I read recently called the case against reality which introduced me to this concept”— Robert Breedlove
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Lila

Robert Pirsig

“it's a beautiful book book I highly recommend it”
“it's a beautiful book book I highly recommend it he essentially is refuting causality itself we think a causes B”— Robert Breedlove
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The Gold Wars

Ferdinand Lips (inferred)

“there's a great book on this called the gold Wars”
“there's a great book on this called the gold Wars that outlines how governments have been waging a cold war against gold”— Robert Breedlove
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Human Action

Ludwig von Mises

“that book it's a very difficult book... that will plug the Gap that's necessary for you to see it in in a new light”
“I would challenge them to read the book Human Action WR by written by misus I think in 1949 he published the English version”— Robert Breedlove
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Honest Money

Gary North

“there's a great book on this called honest money by Gary North”
“there's a great book on this called honest money by Gary North and in that book he gives the parable of the wine maker”— Robert Breedlove
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Maps of Meaning

Jordan Peterson

“I'd first recommend Jordan Peterson's book maps of meaning... that's an excellent book”
“I'd first recommend Jordan Peterson's book maps of meaning it's a deep dive into mythology and how it's developed”— Robert Breedlove
MediaRecommended

World War II in Color

Netflix (inferred)

“this really good so good”
“I've been watching this uh documentary on World War I and World War II on Netflix I think it's called World War II in color”— Robert Breedlove
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Anki

Anki (inferred)

“I recommend it highly”
“I use it for I'm terrible with names so I'm started to use it for names too of names of people... I recommend it highly”— Lex Fridman
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Readwise

Readwise (inferred)

“I recommend it highly because it it sends like to me in email form a selection of the things I've highlighted”
“nval I think mentioned a piece of software called readwise... it goes to your highlights from your Kindle”— Lex Fridman
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Kindle

Amazon (inferred)

“I also read the Kindle a lot because it's just so convenient”
“I also read the Kindle a lot because it's just so convenient you anywhere you're waiting in line or every night before bed I'm reading my Kindle”— Robert Breedlove

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“rousso opens his 1762 book the social contract with the following statement man is Born Free and everywhere he's in Chains”— Robert Breedlove
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert Pirsig

“so he wrote Zen In The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which is a very popular book book 20 years later he wrote Leela”— Robert Breedlove
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The Bitcoin Standard

Saifedean Ammous

“he had written the forward to a really important book in Bitcoin called the Bitcoin standard for safety in a moose”— Robert Breedlove
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The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg (inferred)

“a new series called sovereignism which is based Loosely on a book called The sovereign individual and that's the general thesis”— Robert Breedlove
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The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

“Masashi wrote the book of five rings uh uh sunzu wrote The Art of War and one one of the things”— Robert Breedlove
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The Art of War

Sun Tzu

“Masashi wrote the book of five rings uh uh sunzu wrote The Art of War and one one of the things”— Robert Breedlove
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Anki

Anki (inferred)

“I've uh I've used actually anky for space repetition it's like a piece of it's an app”— Robert Breedlove
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Tesla

Tesla

“I feel the same way about Tesla for example I still don't own any Tesla stock and I am still indeed fascinated by Tesla autopilot”— Lex Fridman
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Wolfram Alpha

Stephen Wolfram

“he created wol from Alpha and all these tools that you can actually visualize and play with so you can play with physics in a visual way”— Lex Fridman