In this episode we are joined by Alexander Bard - Swedish musician turned philosopher and theologian. He is the co-author of 5 books, soon to be 6, including The Netocrats, The Global Empire, and Syntheism - Creating God in the Internet Age. He is a major proponent of Syntheism, a movement focused on how atheists and pantheists can achieve the same feelings of community and awe experienced in traditional theistic religions.

This is a wide-ranging talk on many topics we’ve never tackled before. We deep dive into AI, game theory, centralization and decentralization, religion, the idea of the shamanic or shamanoid individual, attentionalism and capitalism, trust… the list goes on and on but at the core we discuss the revolution of Bitcoin.

Connect with Alexander Bard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bardissimo

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:02 - Welcoming Alexander Bard

00:04:48 - AI and Bitcoin

00:07:25 - Centralization, Decentralization, and Tyranny

00:10:50 - Reasons for Bitcoin (and Not Shitcoins)

00:30:22 - Democracy and Libertarianism

00:32:48 - Capitalism Versus Attentionalism

00:35:34 - Bitcoin, Algorithms, and A

00:40:21 - How Alexander Found Knut

00:42:15 - Libertarianism vs Tribalism

00:43:49 - Shamanoids

00:49:30 - Bitcoin and the Development of Technology

00:51:55 - About Alexander's Books

00:55:32 - Shamanoids and Psychedelics

00:57:21 - Monogamy and Sex

00:59:06 - The Nature of Religions

01:05:36 - The Exodus of Bitcoiners

01:10:57 - Trust Through Religion

01:14:52 - Bitcoin vs Capitalism

01:20:54 - Bitcoin vs Crypto

01:29:16 - Closing Perspective on Bitcoin and Religion

01:31:59 - Wrapping Up - Where to Find Alexander Bard

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