The "What is Money?" Show

Bitcoin vs Central Planning: Nassim Taleb's "Antifragile" Part 3 w/ Mike Kelly

Episode Summary

Michael Kelly returns for Part 3 of our deep dive into Nassim Taleb’s “Antifragile.” We explore how collaboration creates nonlinear upside, why decentralized planning outperforms top-down control, and how creative destruction drives innovation over time. We discuss Taleb’s views on risk, volatility, and Bitcoin, consider why ethics and transformation require skin in the game, and observe how time is the ultimate judge. Michael J Kelly III, is a producer and creative strategist with a passion for natural science and the intersection of politics and biology.

Episode Notes

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0:00 – WiM Episode Trailer

1:05 – Why Collaboration Has Explosive Upside

12:53 – Collective Culture vs Rule of Law

15:26 – iCoin Bitcoin Wallet

16:56 – Cowbolt: Settle in Bitcoin

18:12 – Leverage and Liquidation Risk

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29:56 – Centralized vs Decentralized Planning

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33:12 – Mine Bitcoin with Blockware Solutions

34:38 – Creative Destruction and the Nature of Time

53:29 – Technology is at its Best when Invisible 

54:31 – Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf’s Clothing

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56:46 – Taleb’s Take on Bitcoin

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1:17:35 – Time Is the Judge of All Things

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1:31:00 – Orange Pill App: Find, Chat, and Meet with Bitcoiners

1:31:24 – Time Is Volatility

1:40:38 – A Riskless Life Isn’t Ethical

1:45:50 – “When You’re Finished Changing, You’re Finished”

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