The Question Concerning Technology

(ep #067)

This is not a "number go up" conversation.

It's about how technology shapes your soul.

@Erikcason gets it. And he kindly offers you the same path he took.

In prepping for our conversation on Cason's "Cryptosovereignty", we found he'd left a homework assignment: read Martin Heidegger's "The Question Concerning Technology" for context.

Dutifully, we obliged. And what came of it?

Heidegger's contribution is impactful. He offers…perspective…on our perspective.

Grant squares it:

• Enframing 🧠

• Tech as revealing (not neutral)

• Ancient techne vs modern extraction

• Whether Bitcoin breaks the spell or deepens it

Lucas knods and rubs his chin.

Deep thoughts…deep thoughts.

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we're all in this together!

The Silk Road never died. It evolved into the Milk Road 🥛 Decentralized markets, uncensorable payments, food freedom. This convo with Calvadev is thoughtful, hopeful, technical and philosophical. Few people building have the moral grounding, technical chops, genuine love for life, and kind soul that Calvadev brings to the table. You can see it come out in this conversation. Listen to a builder who builds useful things.

Bitcoin Study Sessions #065

We teleport to Bitcoin Jungle from the Bitcoin Prairie, and the tan Tarzan of surf, sand, and sovereign speech walks us through the trees.

Paul Keating is pure life.

From barreling fastballs to getting barreled in the surf, he lives a live of pure joy.

The man IS a bitcoin standard. Health, community, family, movement. Paul is building the Primal community thanks to the power of NOSTR.

Bitcoin is monetary freedom. NOSTR is the digital America. The only borders are those you choose.

Listen to be truly excited about the future of free speech, marketplace, music, and more.

If you think Bitcoin is just “number go up,” listen to this.

Bitcoin isn’t a trade in Venezuela. It’s survival.

Sultan lived it—mined under corruption, escaped hyperinflation, and now sees Bitcoin as the key to rebuilding his country.

This episode is powerful, personal, and real.

Farm Journal just put Bitcoin on the cover.

We explain why it matters. 🌾⚡️“If you own dirt, you can’t get hurt” is one of the biggest lies in agriculture.

Land is inflated. The dollar is dying.

Farmers are forced to overspend to dodge taxes.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin is: • finite • portable • better collateral than land or cattle

The state steals money. Platforms steal speech.

Bitcoin fixes the first. Nostr fixes the second.

Max Hillebrand on sovereign identity, censorship resistance, and why Nostr is inevitable.

Bitcoin isn’t about number go up. It’s about who controls the rails—and what survives when fiat fails.

🎙️ On Bitcoin Study Sessions, we sat down with Ivan Makadonsky (Chief of Staff at Breeze) to talk Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr, and the future of value.

Key takeaways 👇

⚡ UX > ideology Decentralization doesn’t matter if it feels broken. Nostr’s UI is fine. The UX still sucks.

🌍 Adoption happens when systems fail Bitcoin doesn’t win arguments. It wins when fiat breaks.

🧠 Proof of Signal beats audience capture When comments cost sats, noise disappears.

💸 Split payments change capitalism Value flows directly to individuals. Corporations → networks. Creators → patronage.

🛡️⚔️ Bitcoin is shield and cannonball Defense and penetration against centralized power.

⚠️ The risk ahead CBDCs riding Bitcoin rails. Mandated Lightning split payments. Centralized treasuries posing as freedom.

Final thought:

Hoarding isn’t the goal. Building is. Providing value is.

🎧 Full episode out now. Build signal. Ignore noise.

We just unpacked The Mandibles—and it feels less like fiction every year.

🇺🇸 Dollar collapses

💳 US renounces its debt

🌍 New global currency

🥫 Food shortages, gold outlawed

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 A family forced to confront what wealth actually is

As money dies, so do identities.

As comfort disappears, morality shifts.

Survival replaces ideology.

The real question isn’t will this happen— it’s who adapts when the system breaks.📉

Empires don’t fall all at once.

They decay… then default.

Have you read it—or are we living it?

The smartphone didn’t just change culture. It triggered a digital apocalypse.

In this episode of Bitcoin Study Sessions, we dive into James Poulos’ Human Forever and what the digital age is doing to the human soul.

We unpack:

• The Cyborg Theocracy — tech as God, elites as priests

• The Digital Swarm — algorithms and bots reshaping humanity beyond control

• The Death of Memory — lived experience replaced by machinic data

• Terraforming Humans — bending people to fit machines

“You can’t share being. You can only share knowing.”

We ask the real question tech avoids:

What does it mean to be human — now?

We end with Bitcoin as an anchor for dignity, memory, and censorship-resistant culture in a world pulling us apart.

🎧 Listen.

📚 Remember.

🔥 Stay human.

Episode 58 is a BANGER!

Disclaimer: nothing said constitutes legal or tax advice :)

IF you don't know @AdamSimecka, you will.

He's the founder of @MannaBitcoin, one of the best and most entertaining follows on X, and a truly genuine man.

Adam is rare - a combination of talent, passion, drive, and grit. From Air Force firefighter to entrepreneur, he has proven the courage and fortitude to succeed.

What will you learn here?

- why is spending bitcoin the most important factor in it's success?

- what anonymous, self-custody wallet is so easy a nine year old can set it up in thirty seconds AND create her own point-of-sale system for multiple vendors?

- what role did the Bank Secrecy Act play in handcuffing your freedom?

- which amendment is the most important? (hint: bang-bang!)

He brought beef from a bitcoin rancher, gave us shades of @NSmolenski in his thoughts, respectfully refers to Tether as a scam (monthly) and brings it home with a message:

Build the world you want to live in.

From your hosts @thewholeframe & @lucasmaddy - thank you for listening!

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