I don't know about 'right way'. There are lots of courses and stuff online which teach you how to get set up..none of which I followed, lol. I honestly just started it because I had to have these conversations for myself. I don't really think about audience, following, downloads etc. My primary aim is just to be myself and let my curiosity be my guide. I'm humbled that some people enjoy it, and that some cool brands have been willing to support it, but I've always just treated it as me getting the chance to hang with cool/exceptional people, and have an authentic dialogue about things which we find mutually meaningful, and ideally, finish with a more refined or truthful perspective on things. If it's something you're interested in, I wouldn't over think it. Use your existing gear and give it a whirl;)

You're starting a podcast super?!

This is a really interesting question. Perhaps it will have shown the way, and not it's up to 'us' (again), to live out the principles it represented, without the means of verifying that others are doing the same? How much faith ya got in humanity? lol.

One saving grace for sure though, is that bitcoin helped us all find each other. Losing bitcoin would be devastating, but it has caused us all converge, and I think that would still be tremendously valuable.

We'll have organise into a church and prophesize the return of Satoshi.

They will become shitcoiners. But they will probably still celebrate things like bitcoin pizza day, hal finneys tweet and so on. But who knows

Who the hell knows. It's hard for me to see a scenario where there isn't significant turbulence, to put it lightly. So many people are so 'asleep', don't 'own' their minds, I doubt they will wake up in time, and most likely will actually continue to contribute to the acceleration of their own destruction. I think the best we can hope for is to build strong bonds, networks etc. with those who are awake, and who share similar values, and do our best to continue to pursue truth, and express and build what we find into the world and culture we are creating with those people. An orderly unwind of clown world seems unlikely, however that doesn't mean that WAY more people can be saved or save themselves than is currently the case.

Leaving family is the downside...literally everything else is the upside lol. Sadly I haven't seen any of my closest friends back home say anything about what is going on, everyone just rationalizes everything and takes it all lying down. I'd struggle to be in such an environment right now. In my travels since leaving I've met a ton of amazing bitcoiners, which as been incredible. I've always been a bit of a nomad, so it hasn't been a big adjustment.

I'm actually not sure. I had a lot of exposure to a fairly infamous 'oddball tycoon' when I was younger, and all the things he used to talk about, way outside the bounds of 'normal interests' most likely poured gasoline on what was already a very curious mind. I think it was mainly a desire to see the world as 'clearly' as I could. When that ultimately lands on money, banking, finance etc, I think it's hard not to inevitably land on the realization that our money system is unjust. As a result I became a gold bug first, and then later into bitcoin. I do remember one of the Zeitgeist movies, perhaps the first, leaving a fairly strong impact. I was also a weed smoker as a young teenager. Never in an 'unhealthy' way. But when I had my work, exercise etc done, and I was just going to chill anyways, I'd smoke to amplify it. As a result I came to know Marc Emery 'The Prince of Pot' in Canada. He was being extradited to the US for selling weed seeds. I saw an interview of him and he was wearing a Ron Paul t-shirt. So then I searched Ron Paul, and went down that rabbit hole. I guess it's a constantly evolving understanding of it all, and hopefully a more accurate perception of the (unjust) truth of the matter.

Did you read 'Money Messiah'? Basically that so far. Though it's spawned a 'to-write' list that is growing by the day, which puts some more flesh on those ideas. It's all pretty insane really, but these ideas and themes keep emerging, and I'm hopeful that if we do our best to see and think clearly, and collectively refine these ideas, we should inch closer to understanding why.

I honestly don't have one. I couldn't ask for a better pool to pick from than bitcoiners. I'm always so impressed at how awesome they are. I've done a bunch of pods where I just let anyone jump on, knowing nothing about them, and they've always been awesome. You're just jamming on such a similar frequency when you talk with bitcoiners, with authenticity and humility perhaps being the defining shared characteristics, that it's difficult for any other conversations to compare, even if they are with 'big names'.

The one their most interested in :p

I don't use many apps tbh. Breeze I use a lot. Blue Wallet also. That said, I expect that to change a lot in the next year, because I think a wave of awesome lightning apps is coming.

Agree with all their doubts and criticisms. 'Yup', 'You're right', 'I agree'. And then when they ask 'So what's your opinion on it?' Me: 'I'm all in'. walks away. Let THEM try and figure out why your NOT crazy lol.

Honestly though, playing it coi probably is the best, as with most sales. I don't do it much anymore. I can't even direct noobs to my pod, because if you're not reasonably far down the rabbit-hole, my stuff will probably turn you further away from bitcoin lol.

The possibility that it was a non-state / non-centrally controlled money was what first got my interest, because I was already quite critical of the fucked up system of money the world had. Man, I'm more excited about bitcoin everyday. All the innovation and real-world uses that are being developed, and what they will mean for freedom, and prosperity, and quality of life etc. is super exciting. Of course, I can't seem to get my mind of the philosophical / spiritual implications of this thing, and that seems to provide a constant stream of juicy ideas to chew on.

I'm not familiar with RMB, nor specifically what you mean by 'Cosmic Consciousness'. As I mentioned in Money Messiah, whether he determined them consciously or subconsciously (as in, whether he consciously built certain principles in, or instead just 'knew' that to be a success it had to be built a certain way), it seems he 'chose' the right guiding principles . I think the growing, and 'effortless (non-coercive) success of what he built (bitcoin), is proof that those principles align closely with certain 'divine' or 'fundamental' principles. If this is what you mean, then yes, perhaps it's possible this is the case.

Self-custody / seed management for sure. Buying bitcoin is dead easy now, but going to full self-sovereignty is another huge leap. Of course, it's not only a UX thing, but it's a whole paradigm shift in responsibility, which relatively few are willing to make. But, where there is pain, there is opportunity, and it's great to see solutions popping up to address this issue.

Beer? lol, I dunno man, it's pretty sweet. I'll think about it and let you know.

That I have done, or that I listen to?

lol

Nice try IRS ;)

lol. That's an impossible question to answer. I think if people respect the divine sovereignty of one another, they are honest and speak the truth, and they represent and transact their time in an incorruptible money, then that would be a good starting place to minimize unnecessary death in the world.

Not sure, I haven't optimized for muscle growth in a very long time. I find that martial arts, hill sprints, body-weight exercises (push-ups, chin-ups, squats), trail/beach runs, give me the best mix of mental clarity / enjoyment / nature / strength / adaptability that I am looking for. I'd say my primary optimization is for mental clarity / emotional stability, and I pretty much accept that the actions which foster those also foster a physical body which I'm content with. I guess there's also an element of reducing vulnerability (within reason), so I do things that would give me an above average degree of confidence in any terrain or situation (fighting, sprinting, swimming, speaking etc.) It seems reasonable to me to optimize for what 'moves you through life most successfully', and then trying to figure out which practices or habits most accomplish that. Simplicity is also huge for me. I want to be able to keep up the diet and exercise wherever I am. As a result, I don't use supplements or anything like that. My assumption is that there will always be beef, an open field, or a steep hill nearby, and that that would be totally sufficient. This also helps for the mental clarity component, not having this component of life being too much of a cognitive burden.

Absolutely. The big question is why. Of course we'd all say that 'the money' plays a massive, perhaps the biggest role, but there are likely others too. The 'death of god' is probably another big one which I've been exploring more lately. It's extremely fascinating that both of these seem to be converging, evolving, or becoming rectified via bitcoin.

Shirts are for warmth aren't they? I burn hot, so if I can get away with it, I do:) Thanks brother, glad you're enjoying it!