No Bitcoin without Starvation, plus Keynesians, Bailouts, & Tokenizing Robots (Bitgenstein's Table)

Summary: Bitgenstein’s Table is released every Thursday. (Or Saturdays, when there's a big Toronto blockchain conference all week.) Subscribe on: - iTunes at itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1410515815 - Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/bitgenstein Bitgenstein's Table: the Crypto Philosophy Podcast applies 2500 years of human thought in philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, and economics to the future of blockchain & cryptocurrency & how to make better decisions. *** As Minister of Finance, he voted against the 2015 bank bailouts in Greece, and resigned when they were passed. He's worked at Valve (makers of Half-Life and Steam) as economist-in-residence. He's taught at Cambridge and written popular game theory and economics books. Yanis Varoufakis is controversial and hard to categorize, but he has a lot of incisive things to say. He even mentions Bitcoin in his latest book, "Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism." This week I sum up Varoufakis's book, including the fascinating intro on how it was starvation that pushed European and Asian societies to advance so quickly, when compared to the rest of the world. I also talk about what Varoufakis says about Bitcoin – and what he unintentionally says about the tokenization of everything. *** The three Chopin nocturnes in the background are hastily performed by me. Please rate and review the podcast to help it grow! Theme song written and performed by Joseph Dickinson (audiojungle.net/user/jdmusic).