The Nature of Words, Actions, and Ethics with Mike Brock (WiM468)

The "What is Money?" Show

Robert Breedlove

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4.8 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Mike Brock joins me for a conversation about the theory of knowledge, the role of social consensus in the meaning of words, where rights and ethics come from, the role of technology in moral sentiment, and how Bitcoin impacts the ability of the state to generate revenue. Mike Brock leads TBD at Block, which focuses on decentralized finance. Mike has held a number of leadership positions at Cash App and was responsible for setting up Spiral, an open source initiative focused on a more accessible global financial system for the internet.

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0:00.0	I fundamentally think that human agency, because once again, I'm a small liberal, is of paramount concern all the time.
0:08.4	So I'm definitely worried that I could find myself living in a world where technology defines my agency rather than my agency defining technology.
0:18.4	I mean, what I read Davidson and Reese Mogg saying in the sovereign
0:21.5	individual is like, look, technology is just going to make the state and the welfare state
0:25.8	impossible. So you're just going to have to deal with it. That's just what's going to happen.
0:30.4	That's a very deterministic view. They're basically saying like, look, I get it. Like 80, 90% of
0:36.1	Americans want social security. But guess what? Technology is going to make it impossible because you're all going to have to be sovereign individuals. Sorry. Like, it's like this very deterministic thing. And I'm like, you're basically saying that's the only possible end state. You're saying that technology will determine what is politically possible.
0:56.0	There's something agency defying about that, right?
0:59.0	Like both at the individual level and the collective level.
1:09.5	Hey, everybody.
1:10.7	Welcome to The What is Money Show. I am thrilled to have you here joining me on my mission to help shine light on the collection of money.
1:18.7	Now, if this is your first time listening to The What Is Money Show, I strongly recommend that you go back to episodes one through nine first, which lays a lot of the groundwork for many of the concepts that we explore on the show.
1:31.0	These first nine episodes are my series with Michael Saylor,
1:34.5	and thousands of people have told me that this is the best podcast series
1:38.4	they've ever heard, hands down,
1:41.0	and that it was instrumental to their understanding of money and bitcoin so if you're looking
1:46.1	to start a deep dive into the nature of money i don't think there's any place better that you can
1:52.1	start other than episode one of this show now a little bit about this show and how it makes money
1:57.3	what does money show is 100% sponsor. So all of our revenues are derived from
2:03.0	direct sponsorships. And I strive to be very selective about the sponsors that I work with, specifically
2:09.4	only using sponsors that I use personally and also choosing sponsors that have values, which are
2:15.6	well aligned to the values expressed on this show, such as
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