Bitcoin & The Decentralised Future with Michael Casey

 
 
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“We’re going down the path of black and white, good and evil because we have a centralised approach to it that is fundamentally out of touch with what we really should be thinking about. ”
— Michael Casey

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: Remotely
Date: Friday 23rd July
Project: Coindesk
Role: Chief Content Officer

Historically, the control of information was held mainly by powerful entities like the church, governments, or corporations. While the dawn of the internet age has made the ability to broadcast worldwide cheap and accessible, algorithmic curation is influencing our discourse.

Now, the left v right paradigm is more divisive than ever, leaving many disenfranchised with politics. A new battle is emerging between incumbent-centralisation and disruptive-decentralisation that is spreading not just through information and governance but with Bitcoin, money itself.

In this interview, I talk to Coindesk’s Chief Content Officer, Michael Casey. We discuss the power of controlling information, the divisiveness of left v right politics and how in the future governance may decentralise.

TIMESTAMPS

00:02:39: Introductions
00:03:13: Back pain
00:13:11: Michael Casey background
00:14:36: Crazy politics
00:16:10: Centralisation vs decentralisation
00:22:03: The power of the internet in society
00:27:11: We do need governments
00:31:05: The issue of immigration
00:36:34: The El Salvador project
00:46:26: The Venezuelan model
00:50:52: Bitcoin and wealth distribution in El Salvador
01:02:41: Turning Bitcoin toxicity into smarter messaging
01:06:14: The problem with Facebook and its algorithms
01:10:40: Twitter and Clubhouse
01:19:05: The Cuba narrative
01:24:25: Breaking down monopolies
01:27:50: Structuring new internet frameworks
01:34:42: Final comments

 

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