In this episode, I chat with Jesse Myers, a Bitcoin strategy advisor and the author of the essay Once-in-a-Species. He shares deep excitement for Bitcoin treasury companies and how they might be the gateway for TradFi capital to enter Bitcoin at scale.

We also dive deep into the evolutionary roots of money and how the innate human drive for scarcity laid the groundwork for the concept of money, civilization itself, and ultimately Bitcoin as the perfection of scarcity.

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––– Chapters –––

00:00 - Intro

01:04 - Jesse's Bitcoin Journey 

02:03 - “Once in a Species”: What Inspired the Essay 

02:53 - Nick Szabo, Shell Beads & Proto-Money 

05:57 - Jesse’s Academic Background: From Neuroscience to Bitcoin 

06:58 - Art, Humanity & Neanderthals 

09:05 - Who Were the Neanderthals? 

13:48 - Why Did Homo Sapiens Triumph? 

16:55 - Victorian & Modern Theories on Neanderthals 

20:22 - Current Academia’s View vs Austrian Economics 

24:04 - The Hidden Economic Purpose of Shell Beads 

28:23 - Brain Science & Scarcity: The TKTL1 Mutation 

31:45 - Symbolic Thought: Neanderthals vs Homo Sapiens 

34:38 - Population Density & Dunbar’s Number 

38:46 - Money as a Social Efficiency Multiplier 

43:14 - From Tribalism to Civilization Through Trade 

48:28 - Reading Excerpt: Scarcity as the Root of Human Flourishing 

50:16 - Lessons from the Past for Bitcoin’s Future 

56:22 - Bitcoin: The Invention of Perfect Scarcity 

01:00:50 - How Bitcoin Changes Civilization 

01:05:38 - Deflation, Craftsmanship & Cultural Flywheels 

01:07:39 - Closing Thoughts: Scarcity, Collectibles & Civilization 

01:11:35 - What’s Next: Bitcoin Treasury Strategy & SmarterWeb 

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