Episode Archive
"War is the health of the state . I don't think that many people really understand that. That's where the money is made: War, death, destruction. They love it. It gives them an excuse to run the money printer."
"War is the health of the state . I don't think that many people really understand that. That's where the money is made: War, death, destruction. They love it. It gives them an excuse to run the money printer."
"Freedom of speech requires a free space."
"It's so much easier to tear down and criticize than it is to actually come up with an idea for changing something and making something better — and the inspiring thing about the free city projects is that although it's still on a modest scale, there's clear evidence."
"The things I think we're worst at is how we choose leaders, and then how we delegate power, and how a leader passes on power — these are probably the three biggest fuckups that we do as human beings."
"I could see that if someone didn't get this to stop then it would just keep going — as far down as for children. And I just knew deep down 100% that that was wrong and that would cause harm, and I just couldn't let that happen."
"You don't need motivation — you need to have a very clear understanding about your identity and only take on work that that identity is loyal to. Because the days up here, there's no motivation in the world that gets you up here on a bad day."
"I want a world where people come into power, go to the room with the money, open the door — and the room is empty."
"If there was one thing I wanted to change in this world, it would have nothing to do with governments, laws, or taxes — it would simply be the way we relate to our children."
"One day we will generate more revenue from the digital realm than from the physical world."
"We asked ourselves: if we were terminally ill and had two years to live, what would we do? The answer was go and travel the world in a truck. So we built one."
"Not everyone has a sense of self-control. That's why it's easier to live according to rules someone else already set. It takes the burden of responsibility away."
"I describe myself as made in Hong Kong. I lived there for 61 years. And now I want to bring Asia to the UK's door."
"I would like to see the world as a supermarket. You go around and pick what suits you best. Governments should be competing for you as a customer, not holding you as a hostage."
"Think about how depressing it would be to know everything we know about Fiat and not have Bitcoin. There are people who went through that. Bitcoin is the life raft they never had."
"It's all theoretical until it happens. And now we're literally handing over keys to people who own property in a free private city in Honduras."
"You've got to understand. These people really do see most of us as useless eaters."
"12 hours before everything collapsed I was in a club celebrating with friends, beautiful girls, good times. If you had told me the banks would be closed and the peso worthless by morning, I would have bet everything against it. And then it happened."
"We have one unique selling point that no one else can offer. We offer freedom. And that alone will outlast any temporary conflict we have with Croatia."
"I define addiction as any behavior that helps you avoid feeling your feelings. By that definition, most of us are addicts. And Fiat money is one of the biggest drugs of all."
"They fired everyone overnight... made their entire operation dormant, closed all the hotels - it was kind of like a power move, a bit vindictive."
