Bitcoin Tech Talk #301
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What I've been working on
El Salvador - I’m in San Salvador to teach some Salvadorans Bitcoin programming. This should be an interesting week spending time with the people that are going too make Bitcoin work here. I was last here 6 months ago so it’ll be interesting to see how much things have changed.
Monetary Imperialism - My podcast with Fode Diop is live! We talked about Senegal, the colonialist history and the disturbing inner workings of the CFA Franc which essentially gives France unique benefits. It’s a form of economic dominance which we call in the episode monetary imperialism.
Fiat Meaning - The piece should be published on Bitcoin Magazine later today. It’s one of the more challenging pieces for me to write because of how all-encompassing it is. I realized as I was writing it that almost everything else I’ve written about like Fiat education, Fiat art, Fiat science and much more are directly related to this notion of finding meaning in life.
What I'm up to
Philosophy of Science - My podcast this week is with Troy Cross, and we talked about philosophy and scientific progress. In particular, we’ll go through the current state of science in academia and why it seems to be doing so little. He’s a Bitcoiner and someone that pursues knowledge truthfully. The discussion was wide ranging and got into what’s wrong with both science education and colleges. As you might expect the conversation was a fairly long one.
Audio version of Bitcoin and the American Dream - It’s taking forever for Audible to approve it, but it’s in process. If you’ve been waiting for the audio version of the book, it’s on its way, I promise.
Austin BitDevs - It’ll be on Thursday this week, which means I’ll be back in time from El Salvador to attend. I’m still surprised at the quality of attendees even as we enter a bear market. If you’re in Austin or a short plane ride away, I would recommend you attend.
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