What do we mean when we talk about mass adoption of Bitcoin? Is it even possible? Or is something like parallel resistance more likely?

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How do American prison gangs facilitate money, trade, and economics behind bars? What causes this and what can we learn from it?

David Skarbek is Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University.

David’s award-winning book, The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System, challenges the view that inmates create prison gangs to promote racism and violence. On the contrary David argues that gangs form to create order and protection within prisons. We discuss his book, which explores prison governance and economics, and in many ways also asks us to look closely at the hierarchy and functioning of the world outside of prison.

David Skarbek website - http://www.davidskarbek.com/

David Skarbek on X - https://xcancel.com/DavidSkarbek

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Who are we, and what grounds us?

Mike Grimshaw is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Mike writes and speaks about New Zealand history, economics, education, and culture. In particular he asks critical questions about the future of the country, which faces economic stagnancy, political malaise, and perhaps most dangerously, a complacency with our lot at the bottom of the world.

Mike Grimshaw on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-grimshaw-89461124a/

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Keyan Kousha is the founder of Stacker News, an online forum where you can share and discuss articles and content without the attention manipulation of social media. Instead of “likes” or invisible algorithms, Stacker News uses Bitcoin as an incentive mechanism, and for ranking content.

Stacker News rewards users for thoughtful contributions, and enables you to support your favourite content with micro-payments via the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Stacker News - https://stacker.news/

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Johan Nylander is an award-winning author and freelance correspondent from Sweden. His work covering Asia has been published by CNN, National Geographic Travel, and Forbes.

Johan wrote "The Wolf Economy Awakens – Mongolia's fight for democracy, and a green and digital future." He also wrote “The Epic Split – Why ‘Made in China’ is going out of style.”

Johan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannylander/

Johan's website - https://www.johannylander.asia/

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Parker Lewis is the author of Gradually, Then Suddenly, A framework for understanding Bitcoin as money. Parker previously worked in finance in the heart of wall street before discovering Bitcoin in 2016. He is now the Head of Business Development at Zaprite, helping businesses migrate to a Bitcoin standard.

Parker on X - https://x.com/parkeralewis

Gradually, Then Suddenly: Essays on Bitcoin Monetization - https://graduallythensuddenly.xyz/

Zaprite - https://zaprite.com/

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Erik Cason, author of Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin. Erik is a regular speaker and essayist, focussing on the social, political, and philosophical aspects of bitcoin.

Erik's new company - https://vora.io/

Erik Cason on X - https://x.com/Erikcason

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Mike Brock writes extensively about democracy, liberalism, and what he sees as the decline of the American Republic. Mike has an extensive tech background formerly working as an executive at Cash App as well as being involved with various open-source projects.

Mike Brock's Substack, Notes from the Circus - https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/

Mike Brock on X - https://x.com/brockm

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