Eric Weiss joins me to discuss the book "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World," his Bitcoin story, and his orange-pilling of the Bitcoin gigachad himself: Michael Saylor.

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
00:08:00 Khan’s Religious Diversity
00:12:35 Unite & Conquer
00:17:35 Khan’s Institution of Money & Civility
00:21:02 Not Just Skin in the Game but Soul in the Game
00:23:25 “Rules for thee but not for me”
00:27:00 Bitcoin: The Great Unifier?
00:33:00 Bitcoin is Hope
00:35:09 Regulation for Bitcoin
00:41:04 NYDIG
00:42:11 Eric’s Introduction to Bitcoin
00:49:20 Bitcoin from 2013 to 2021
00:53:05 The Ultimate Positive-Sum Game
00:55:11 Venture Capital to Hedge Fund
01:01:09 Evolution of Asset Allocation
01:06:03 ⅓ Property, ⅓ Business, ⅓ Bitcoin
01:10:58 Institutional Allocation in Bitcoin
01:13:14 Gold’s Failures & Bitcoin’s Consumption of Gold’s Market Share
01:19:00 Humanity’s Inability to Think Exponentially
01:21:46 The "Orange Pilling" of Saylor
01:30:07 Saylor’s Foresight & Fortitude

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From Genghis Khan to Michael Saylor with Eric Weiss (WiM085)