Episode SummaryBrian traces the arc from evolutionary biology to monetary policy, arguing that the rage and tribalism of modern political life are not caused by cultural failure or moral decline — they are the predictable output of a monetary system that exploits humanity's hardwired fairness instincts while hiding its own role in doing so.Key Concepts CoveredFrans de Waal's capuchin fairness experiments — Displaced aggression in stress research — Interest rates as civilization's operating system — The monetary premium in housing — The Cantillon effect and institutional credit advantage — Maslow's hierarchy as a diagnostic tool for monetary policy — The Amish data point on mental health and economic structure — Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments — Bitcoin as a restoration of rule-based fairnessRecommended ReadingThe Theory of Moral Sentiments — Adam Smith (1759)The Age of Empathy — Frans de WaalThe Bitcoin Standard — Saifedean AmmousWhat Has Government Done to Our Money? — Murray RothbardMaslow's hierarchy original paper: A Theory of Human Motivation (1943)Referenced Researchde Waal, F. & Brosnan, S. (2003). Monkeys reject unequal pay. Nature, 425, 297–299.Displaced aggression research: Dollard et al. frustration-aggression hypothesis; subsequent refinements by Marcus-Newhall et al.Amish mental health studies: various, including work by Egeland & Hostetter on affective disorders in Plain communities.www.satoshigeneral.comlinkedin.com/in/brian-bundy-b30a529