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The Psychological Tools of CIA Operatives with Andrew Bustamante (WiM328)

The "What is Money?" Show
The "What is Money?" Show
Episode • Jun 19, 2023 • 2h 53m

Andrew Bustamante joins me to discuss his life in the CIA, the current geopolitical issues, conspiracy theories, and how to become an everyday spy. 

Andrew Bustamante is a US Air Force Academy graduate, former covert CIA intelligence officer, decorated wartime military veteran, and successful Fortune 10 corporate advisor. 
 

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00:00:00 - Coming up 
00:00:49 - Intro 
00:02:23 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 
00:03:08 - Introducing Andrew Bustamante 
00:04:11 - The Career Background of Andrew Bustamante 
00:08:31 - Money is an Opportunity 
00:11:07 - Equal Opportunity is a Fiction 
00:14:49 - Instead of Equality, We Need Fairness 
00:18:21 - How Equality Can Lead to Unfairness 
00:21:26 - The Question of Gender Fluidity 
00:23:32 - Productivity Should Be the Ultimate Goal 
00:26:41 - The Story of Everyday Spy 
00:31:00 - Category of Spy Tools and Skills 
00:33:04 - Skills Get Embedded into the Spies 
00:35:26 - Good Business leads to Good Productivity 
00:37:00 - Introduction to Everyday Espionage 
00:38:44 - The Correlation between Everyday Spy and Everyday Espionage 
00:41:52 - The Secret to Disguises 
00:43:11 - China: The Next Global Superpower? 
00:48:27 - The Geopolitical Situation of Taiwan 
00:53:20 - How the U.S. is Responding to Technological War 
00:55:54 - Digital War between the U.S. and China 
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01:03:04 - Will the Semiconductor Business Lead to A Conflict? 
01:05:21 - Decentralized Economy Deters Military Warfare 
01:08:21 - How to Counter the Drawbacks of Decentralization 
01:11:40 - Bitcoin is a Net Benefit for Humanity 
01:14:34 - The Social Triangle: Increased Efficiency but Decreased Freedom 
01:19:06 - Slavery is Imprinted in Human History 
01:21:18 - Human Condition: A Battle between Thriving and Surviving 
01:28:57 - How Bitcoin Shifts the Balance of Power 
01:34:43 - The Actual Situation of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict 
01:39:54 - Economic Motivations for Armed Conflict 
01:43:52 - How Supply Chain Will Impact Future Conflicts 
01:45:30 - How an Average Person Can Defy the Uncertain Future 
01:49:38 - We Need to Invest in Unseizable Assets 
01:51:30 - Government's Broken Incentives and Incompetence 
01:55:57 - The Recipe for Conspiracy and Self-Deception 
01:58:42 - Debugging Some Conspiracy Theories 
02:04:55 - The Economic Incentive behind the Moon Landing 
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02:07:50 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 
02:08:38 - The Significance of Learning Thy Enemy 
02:15:04 - We Bend the Truth to Justify our Action 
02:18:47 - Human PSYOPS: The Constant Need for Acceptance 
02:21:37 - Espionage is the Game of Secret Life 
02:26:46 - Know Like Trust: The Process of Infiltrating or Protecting the Secret Life 
02:30:38 - The Framework of Discussing the Secret Life 
02:31:44 - The Core Motivators to Control Human Behaviors 
02:38:06 - The Ideology of Money 
02:40:50 - How the CIA Transformed Andrew Bustamante 
02:45:28 - The Life after the CIA 
02:48:09 - Unplugged Moments from the Matrix 
02:49:01 - Future Life Goals of Andrew 
02:52:51 - Where to Find Andrew on the Internet 
 

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