• Mike Merrill: Human IPOs, NFTs, ConstitutionDAO, Military, Plato and growing up in a town of population 10

  • Dec 30 2021
  • Length: 52 mins
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Mike Merrill: Human IPOs, NFTs, ConstitutionDAO, Military, Plato and growing up in a town of population 10

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  • With Bitcoin, it feels like a lot of the early adoption around that was as a counter to what was happening in the United States economically with the financial crash and fiat currency being used by the government to prop certain people up and not others. And I think when people are struck with a real sense of unfairness, they start to get motivated to take action --- Mike

    SHOW NOTES

    02:54 - Introduction and how the invisible hand of the market guided my IPO

    06:02 - Bitcoin and the unfairness of capitalism 

    08:03 - The chaos of the early internet brought people together

    13:01 - Are we not going to teach people philosophy? 

    17:05 - NFTs are certificates of authenticity for an idea

    22:35 - DAOs are online Co-ops

    27:00 - Growing up in a town of population 10 

    30:16 - Experiencing community after a decade of isolation

    33:00 - Deconstructing the military machine

    37:31 - Oregon, counter-culture and small businesses vs Walmart

    41:49 - Plato and sandwich

    43:43 - Daily routine 

    46:08 - Leveraging the wisdom of the crowds

    49:38 - How to operate in the fringes of technology

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    You can connect with Mike here (https://www.mike-merrill.com/)

    My DMs are open for conversations (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd)

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