Fiat money is making your life harder—and most people don’t even realize it. In this interview, Seb Bunney breaks down exactly how our monetary system distorts everything from prices to parenting, and how Bitcoin offers a better path forward.

Seb is the author of The Hidden Cost of Money and B is for Bitcoin, and in this conversation, we go deep on fiat vs Bitcoin, time preference, inflation lies, capital misallocation, and the spiritual side of sound money.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

01:45 - How broken money makes life harder

03:10 - Why prices should be falling

05:30 - Why inflation is unnatural

08:10 - Incentives, unintended consequences & broken markets

11:00 - Housing shouldn't be a store of value

12:10 - Fiat breaks everything, even the parent-child bond

17:20 - High time preference society

18:45 - Money & meaninglessness

21:50 - The unintended consequences of monetary intervention

31:15 - Money as self-expression

33:10 - We don't live in a free market

37:40 - Fiat ruins everything, even our food

42:20 - CPI is a scam

46:10 - Broken money forces everyone to take risks

52:00 - Most people don’t realize they’re being robbed

54:20 - Will Bitcoin suck up the monetary premium?

56:00 - Seb’s 21-day Bitcoin tweet thread

57:30 - Why explaining Bitcoin well is so hard

59:00 - The myth of a “free market”

01:00:00 - Bitcoin fixes the communication layer of value

01:03:00 - Final thoughts & where to follow Seb

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