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Mike Merrill: Human IPOs, NFTs, ConstitutionDAO, Military, Plato and growing up in a town of population 10

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With Bitcoin, it feels like a lot of the early adoption around that was as a counter to what was happening in the United States economically with the financial crash and fiat currency being used by the government to prop certain people up and not others. And I think when people are struck with a real sense of unfairness, they start to get motivated to take action --- Mike

SHOW NOTES

02:54 - Introduction and how the invisible hand of the market guided my IPO

06:02 - Bitcoin and the unfairness of capitalism

08:03 - The chaos of the early internet brought people together

13:01 - Are we not going to teach people philosophy?

17:05 - NFTs are certificates of authenticity for an idea

22:35 - DAOs are online Co-ops

27:00 - Growing up in a town of population 10

30:16 - Experiencing community after a decade of isolation

33:00 - Deconstructing the military machine

37:31 - Oregon, counter-culture and small businesses vs Walmart

41:49 - Plato and sandwich

43:43 - Daily routine

46:08 - Leveraging the wisdom of the crowds

49:38 - How to operate in the fringes of technology

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You can connect with Mike here (https://www.mike-merrill.com/)

My DMs are open for conversations (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd)

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intellectual-software/message
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With Bitcoin, it feels like a lot of the early adoption around that was as a counter to what was happening in the United States economically with the financial crash and fiat currency being used by the government to prop certain people up and not others. And I think when people are struck with a real sense of unfairness, they start to get motivated to take action --- Mike

SHOW NOTES

02:54 - Introduction and how the invisible hand of the market guided my IPO

06:02 - Bitcoin and the unfairness of capitalism

08:03 - The chaos of the early internet brought people together

13:01 - Are we not going to teach people philosophy?

17:05 - NFTs are certificates of authenticity for an idea

22:35 - DAOs are online Co-ops

27:00 - Growing up in a town of population 10

30:16 - Experiencing community after a decade of isolation

33:00 - Deconstructing the military machine

37:31 - Oregon, counter-culture and small businesses vs Walmart

41:49 - Plato and sandwich

43:43 - Daily routine

46:08 - Leveraging the wisdom of the crowds

49:38 - How to operate in the fringes of technology

-------------------------------------------------------------

You can connect with Mike here (https://www.mike-merrill.com/)

My DMs are open for conversations (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd)

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intellectual-software/message
  continue reading

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