My guest today is Bryan Solstin, a software developer and aerospace propulsion engineer who is running for US Senate for the state of Washington. He is running primarily on a platform supporting Bitcoin and STEM. We cover: His journey away from hierarchical religion  How two books influenced Bryan to pursue meditation and ultimately Bitcoin Complexity and the political process How to build consensus How he defines being a "social liberal" US Debt, housing prices, and homelessness Bitcoin is the real ESG UBI over the Lightning Network https://solstin.org/ https://zenimal.xyz/ https://theprogressivebitcoiner.com/   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit progressivebitcoiner.substack.com