Episode notes
"No innovation will ever change the world more than 2%. Even Bitcoin." Junseth is a Bitcoin OG who's been here since a week after pizza day. He returns to challenge every narrative the tech world is selling you, from AI replacing all jobs to the metaverse that never existed.
Junseth makes the case that the future is being imagined by people who think the best state of the world is living in your bedroom and never coming out, and that the rest of us don't have to elect to live in that world. He explains why AI adoption will be far slower than anyone thinks, why the people predicting the end of jobs are still hiring programmers, and why the Gell-Mann amnesia effect means you shouldn't trust any of the expert timelines.
We also get into whether Bitcoin has actually done anything yet, why Bitcoin is boring and that's a good thing, the emergence of political factions and BIP 110, whether AI consciousness and belief in God are diametrically opposed, why the agent economy might reshape the internet, and why if you lose your job you should just go start a trash bin cleaning business.
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Danny Knowles: https://x.com/_DannyKnowles or https://primal.net/danny
Junseth: https://x.com/verysmallclaims
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:06:33 - Will AI Actually Take Every Job?
00:14:37 - AI Job Displacement: How Fast Will It Happen?
00:18:07 - No Innovation Changes The World More Than 2%
00:23:54 - Bitcoin OG Reflections: From Pizza Day To ETFs
00:31:14 - Will Bitcoin Be The Money Of AI?
00:40:15 - The Autist's Dream Vs The World You Elect To Live In
00:54:22 - Will We Need UBI?
01:00:05 - Why Job Losses Won't Be As Fast As You Think
01:06:26 - Junseth's Trash Bin Cleaning Business
01:12:45 - Can AI Be Restorative Rather Than Destructive?
01:15:50 - Bitcoin Factions & BIP 110
01:20:50 - Bitcoin Needs To Be Used As Freedom Money
01:29:24 - Unpopular Bitcoin Opinions & Bear Market At $70K
What Bitcoin Did with Danny Knowles
#Bitcoin #Finance #Money #Economics
Junseth makes the case that the future is being imagined by people who think the best state of the world is living in your bedroom and never coming out, and that the rest of us don't have to elect to live in that world. He explains why AI adoption will be far slower than anyone thinks, why the people predicting the end of jobs are still hiring programmers, and why the Gell-Mann amnesia effect means you shouldn't trust any of the expert timelines.
We also get into whether Bitcoin has actually done anything yet, why Bitcoin is boring and that's a good thing, the emergence of political factions and BIP 110, whether AI consciousness and belief in God are diametrically opposed, why the agent economy might reshape the internet, and why if you lose your job you should just go start a trash bin cleaning business.
FOLLOW:
Danny Knowles: https://x.com/_DannyKnowles or https://primal.net/danny
Junseth: https://x.com/verysmallclaims
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
LEDN: https://learn.ledn.io/wbd
BITKEY: https://bitkey.world/
ANCHORWATCH: https://www.anchorwatch.com/
BLOCKWARE: https://mining.blockwaresolutions.com/wbd
SWAN: https://www.swan.com/wbd
CLUB ORANGE: https://www.cluborange.org/
SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST:
FOUNTAIN: https://fountain.fm/show/gpascDml6iI0sM8aTOCT
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/18Pixm6jNMATYXSO6cUnTH
APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/defiance/id1482455669
WEBSITE: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:06:33 - Will AI Actually Take Every Job?
00:14:37 - AI Job Displacement: How Fast Will It Happen?
00:18:07 - No Innovation Changes The World More Than 2%
00:23:54 - Bitcoin OG Reflections: From Pizza Day To ETFs
00:31:14 - Will Bitcoin Be The Money Of AI?
00:40:15 - The Autist's Dream Vs The World You Elect To Live In
00:54:22 - Will We Need UBI?
01:00:05 - Why Job Losses Won't Be As Fast As You Think
01:06:26 - Junseth's Trash Bin Cleaning Business
01:12:45 - Can AI Be Restorative Rather Than Destructive?
01:15:50 - Bitcoin Factions & BIP 110
01:20:50 - Bitcoin Needs To Be Used As Freedom Money
01:29:24 - Unpopular Bitcoin Opinions & Bear Market At $70K
What Bitcoin Did with Danny Knowles
#Bitcoin #Finance #Money #Economics
