"Ugliness is high time preference. Communism is this idea that every person can have the same thing. There's no property rights. We all must share. We must equalize everything."
🎙️ My guest today is Aleks Svetski, an entrepreneur, co-author of the best selling book, the “UnCommunist Manifesto” and the upcoming "Bushido of Bitcoin” book, as well as the founder of Satlantis - a travel & community social network built on Nostr. In 2018, he founded the #1 Collectible-Publication called “the bitcoin times”, and the world’s first Bitcoin-only savings app: Amber. Svetski is also building open source Bitcoin & AI tools with the Spirit of Satoshi project.
This episode covers Svetski’s background, his journey into Bitcoin, his views on authoritarianism and totalitarianism, and the virtues that are important for a thriving society. Svetski breaks the status quo, and believes in authoritative hierarchies and strong leadership, while criticizing the flattening of society and equality. He argues that Bitcoin will bring back feudalism and that elitism is necessary for a functioning society. The conversation explores individual empowerment, the limitations of the masses and the importance of beauty. Svetski critiques the hype around AI, highlighting its limitations and the potential dangers of regulation. We conclude with the connection between beauty and the rejection of communism.
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We talked about:
01:00 Intro & Background on Svetski
07:40 Discovering Bitcoin
13:30 Svetski's Covid Experience
20:20 Authoritarianism vs Totalitarianism
25:00 Uber Money
31:50 The Importance of Excellence and Inequality
37:50 AI - Misconceptions & Svetski's Take
47:00 AI and Universal Basic Income (UBI)
50:00 The Significance of Visceral Learning
53:10 The Role of Beauty in Society
58:10 Message of Hope: Be Powerful, Ditch Guilt
My takeaways from this episode:
Embrace your power and greatness, and reject guilt.
Strive for excellence and be unapologetic about your success.
Question the hype around AI and recognize its limitations.
Beware of the potential dangers of AI regulation.
Beauty requires sacrifice, time, and effort.
Communism seeks sameness and destroys beauty.
Embrace polarity and diversity for vitality and strength.
Rise up, claim your power, and pursue virtuous qualities.
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