Nate, this episode was absolutely fascinating as it gave us a new lens to view foreign policy. I definitely agree with your suggestion to watch it in “chunks” because it’s a lot to take in. BTW, I think it would be great if your team could post selected excerpts of this invaluable information to stimulate more YouTube interest and doing that with the last Daniel Schmachtenberger podcast would be an excellent way to reach more viewers.
“The right to freely transact”. This idea would be considered a bit strange or even offensive for many cultures. There are ancient ever-evolving social protocols that intentionally slow the process of communication so that a richer relationship can develop thereafter. The idea that efficiency in monetary transaction is essential to democracy is similar to the idea of making any system endlessly efficient which has led us to the very exploitative relationship in the majority of cases. I just think it’s such a weird move to go from supporting dissidents (which fundamentally are about slowing or stopping the expediency of imperialism) to bitcoin (which let’s be real--it still has a corruptible “issuance” problem). So weird. Check out Tyson Yunkaporta’s podcast The Other Others. His think tank works on this financial stuff from an indigenous perspective.
“The truth is that it’s both”. Yep, agree with that, but to what degree of each? It seems crazy to me that the justification for the majority of the world’s pop suffering under the weight of civilization building is a skyscraper to look at or plane to squeeze into. If you look at indigenous cultures, they had a great system (or cosmology really) which accounted for earth’s ecosystems in addition to governance. I just don’t buy the argument that civilization is such a great thing. There’s got to be a third way which is more balanced--maybe with fewer phallic architectures? Who knows. But, we really have to rethink all the imperial stuff.
Hey Nate, thank for starting the PDF transcripts! I struggle to watch or listen to podcasts, but sitting down to quickly read a transcript I can do in the early dark morning with my coffee before I go feed the chooks and begin my scything. Thank you for all the good work you’ve put into all of this Nate. I began watching these when you were only 3 or 4 episodes in and it’s good to see how often I see people commenting about your interviews now. It’s blowing up.
Nate, this episode was absolutely fascinating as it gave us a new lens to view foreign policy. I definitely agree with your suggestion to watch it in “chunks” because it’s a lot to take in. BTW, I think it would be great if your team could post selected excerpts of this invaluable information to stimulate more YouTube interest and doing that with the last Daniel Schmachtenberger podcast would be an excellent way to reach more viewers.
“The right to freely transact”. This idea would be considered a bit strange or even offensive for many cultures. There are ancient ever-evolving social protocols that intentionally slow the process of communication so that a richer relationship can develop thereafter. The idea that efficiency in monetary transaction is essential to democracy is similar to the idea of making any system endlessly efficient which has led us to the very exploitative relationship in the majority of cases. I just think it’s such a weird move to go from supporting dissidents (which fundamentally are about slowing or stopping the expediency of imperialism) to bitcoin (which let’s be real--it still has a corruptible “issuance” problem). So weird. Check out Tyson Yunkaporta’s podcast The Other Others. His think tank works on this financial stuff from an indigenous perspective.
“The truth is that it’s both”. Yep, agree with that, but to what degree of each? It seems crazy to me that the justification for the majority of the world’s pop suffering under the weight of civilization building is a skyscraper to look at or plane to squeeze into. If you look at indigenous cultures, they had a great system (or cosmology really) which accounted for earth’s ecosystems in addition to governance. I just don’t buy the argument that civilization is such a great thing. There’s got to be a third way which is more balanced--maybe with fewer phallic architectures? Who knows. But, we really have to rethink all the imperial stuff.
Hey Nate, thank for starting the PDF transcripts! I struggle to watch or listen to podcasts, but sitting down to quickly read a transcript I can do in the early dark morning with my coffee before I go feed the chooks and begin my scything. Thank you for all the good work you’ve put into all of this Nate. I began watching these when you were only 3 or 4 episodes in and it’s good to see how often I see people commenting about your interviews now. It’s blowing up.