This book by Jonathan Bier came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: guest. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284
“there's a recent book that discusses this in detail called the block size war by jonathan beer it's a great description”— guest
The guest here is Saifedean Ammous: Austrian-school economist, anarchist, and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard, considered one of Bitcoin's most influential thinkers. Palestinian-Jordanian, formerly taught macroeconomics at the university level. Austrian economist Saifedean Ammous argues hard money like Bitcoin ends inflation, war, and high time preference rooted in fiat.
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