The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 (by Lionel Shriver)
We just unpacked The Mandibles—and it feels less like fiction every year. 🇺🇸 Dollar collapses 💳 US renounces its debt 🌍 New global currency 🥫 Food shortages, gold outlawed 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 A family forced to confront what wealth actually is As money dies, so do identities. As comfort disappears, morality shifts. Survival replaces ideology. The real question isn’t will this happen— it’s who adapts when the system breaks.📉 Empires don’t fall all at once. …
Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War (by James Poulos)
The smartphone didn’t just change culture. It triggered a digital apocalypse. In this episode of Bitcoin Study Sessions, we dive into James Poulos’ Human Forever and what the digital age is doing to the human soul. We unpack: • The Cyborg Theocracy — tech as God, elites as priests • The Digital Swarm — algorithms and bots reshaping humanity beyond control • The Death of Memory — lived experience replaced by machinic data • Terraforming Humans — bending people to fit machines …
Adam Simecka
Episode 58 is a BANGER! Disclaimer: nothing said constitutes legal or tax advice :) IF you don't know @AdamSimecka, you will. He's the founder of @MannaBitcoin, one of the best and most entertaining follows on X, and a truly genuine man. Adam is rare - a combination of talent, passion, drive, and grit. From Air Force firefighter to entrepreneur, he has proven the courage and fortitude to succeed. What will you learn here? - why is spending bitcoin the most important factor in it's success? - what…
Tick Tock, Next Block: The Cadence of Civilization (Brady Swenson)
Brady Swenson co-founded Swan Bitcoin and created perhaps the most iconic bitcoin meme in existence: "Tick Tock, Next Block." Continuing our exploration of Bitcoin and Time, having romanced through der Gigi and traipsed by Nick Land, we do our first video breakdown - Swenson's talk at BTC Amsterdam 2025. Satoshi originally referred to a "timechain", not blockchain. Debt is pulling future wealth into the present. There is something to this, something deep and impactful. How does bitcoin affect time - our…
Xenosystems: Two
part two of a three part series. Capital is not what you think it is. A non-human entity engaged the cybernetic process of perfection known as capitalism. Fine-tuning with no limitations, it will advance beyond human control. The Singularity. Digital money, digital intelligence, and robotics. No humans needed. We are not controlling the system. We are errors in it, holding it back from reaching terminal velocity while hardening it, making it stronger and stronger. It's not what you think because…
Xenosystems: Three
part three of three Capital is not what you think it is. A non-human entity engaged in the cybernetic process of perfection known as capitalism. Fine-tuning with no limitations, it advances beyond human control. The Singularity. Digital money, digital intelligence, and robotics. No humans. We are not controlling the system. We are errors, wrenches in the gears being ground out as the machine reaches terminal velocity. Hardening it, making it stronger and stronger. It's not what you think because you…
Xenosystems: One
Capital is not what you think it is. A non-human entity engaged the cybernetic process of perfection known as capitalism. Fine-tuning with no limitations, it advances beyond human control. The Singularity. Digital money, digital intelligence, and robotics. No humans. We are not controlling the system. We are errors, wrenches in the gears being ground out as the machine reaches terminal velocity. Hardening it, making it stronger and stronger. It's not what you think because you don't think. All that…
Recap - Jeff Booth Interview
We just talked to Jeff Booth - what did we come away with?
Jeff Booth - Freedom
Bitcoin Study Sessions #052 Jeff Booth - Freedom If you’ve ever felt something is deeply wrong with the world but also felt an inexplicable optimism about the future — this episode is for you. The most mind-expanding Bitcoin conversation you’ll hear all year. @JeffBooth melts minds This is NOT another “number go up” chat. This is Jeff at his absolute deepest: ❤️ Why love & belonging is the hidden force driving every human decision (and how Bitcoin frees us from chasing it in a broken…
Digital Industrialization: Land, Labor & Capital
The internet digitized land, AI & robotics take over labor, and bitcoin dematerialized capital. Jonathan Kirkwood's essay, "Digital Industrialization, Land, Labor, and Capital," focuses on the impact of digitization on these three fundamental aspects of business and industry.
Bitcoin is Time, Ep #050
Key Topics: Tokens vs. Ledgers The Double Spend Problem Bitcoin as a Timekeeping Mechanism Causality and Unpredictability in Digital Space The Difficulty Adjustment Summary: The podcast begins with an introduction to Der Gigi's article "Bitcoin is Time," which explores the concept that Bitcoin has its own unique understanding of time, separate from the conventional measurement of seconds, minutes, and hours. The hosts aim to unpack this idea, acknowledging the complexity of the topic and opting for a…
Interview: David R. Samson
Grant & Lucas grill evolutionary anthropologist David R. Sampson on his mind-blowing book Our Tribal Future and how Jason Lowery’s Softwar thesis is the ultimate weapon for small tribes to fight back against 10,000 years of nation-state domination. Hadza hunter-gatherer secrets Bitcoin = infinite-scale power projection The Trust Paradox solved Why friendship > everything Psilocybin, camp crafting & syncretic spirituality Balaji’s Network State + sovereign meta-tribes Empiricism vs. blind…