Vin Armani is a hard guy to put into a box. Tech entrepreneur, star of Showtime's 'Gigolos', philosopher, and in recent years, prophet of our times.

We talk about The Dim Age, the devouring mother, the heroes journey as a map for our age, Jordan Peterson, and a lot more.

Buckle up. It gets weird in the best of ways.

Vin Armani on Myth, Magic, and Religion

I just published a brand new book on canonic.xyz. I chat with the CEO about what it means to allow authors to publish on the blockchain and how bitcoin enables a future of low-cost high-value information like never before seen.

Enjoy!

You can buy the book here - https://canonic.xyz/books/12cy7aGkmg9CxgLXd4WFp6FJWSJHcbZ5NQ/limited

Guide to doing it if you're new to BitcoinSV - https://isaacmorehouse.com/2021/05/28/i-published-a-new-book-and-how-to-buy-it/

A New Paradigm for Publishing

Clint Russell from the fast-growing Liberty Lockdown podcast joins me to reflect on what he's learned in the last year and his first 100 episodes.

Liberty Lockdown Reflects on 100 Episodes

This architect uncovered truths about humans, reality, beauty, governance, and freedom that few yet appreciate.

A Thinker You've Never Heard of: Christopher Alexander

I Tweeted, "It's possible that psychedelics help people discover the secrets of the universe. It's certain that they make people less able to discover how to be useful to those around them."

River took issue and said we should chat. So we did!

Do Psychedelics Make You Less Useful?

Is Christianity antithetical to laissez-faire capitalism?

Would a Christian business owner not fire an employee for not making enough money for the company?

I share some of my thoughts on what a Christian duty to the poor means and how it relates to economic systems.

Pageau, Christianity, and Capitalism

James Poulos discusses the themes in his newly launched book, "Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War", available on canonic.xyz

We talk Bitcoin, technocracy, gnosticism, the nature of evil, religion, futurism, and more.

James Poulos: Human Forever

Is it a wonderful tale about the impact a single life can have, or a propaganda piece about sacrificing your dreams to collectivism and envy?

Deryk and I talk about one of our all-time favorite movies, and why it drives us nuts even though we love it.

It's a Wonderful Life: the good and the bad, with Deryk Makgill

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-What is this all about and why do I love tiny payments?
-Micro vs nanopayments
-Three stages of tiny payment apps: 1. happening today, 2. possible today, 3. theoretically possible
-5 types of biz models: 1. metered payments, 2. split payments, 3. tradeable rev shares, 4. monetized data, 5. nano-paywalls
-Protocol/tech agnostic - whatever works to open up tiny payment economy

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 1: The Basics

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What about all the other attributes of crypto? Aren't those more important than tiny payments?

I chat a bit about these attributes and the extent to which they're oversold.  I mention this article - https://www.bitpost.app/u/isaacmorehouse/whats-left-of-the-bitcoin-dream-7Hsj6Zo

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 2: Why Tiny Payments?

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I briefly explore a framework created by tech investor Mike Maples Jr. and apply it to the world of tiny payments to get the wheels turning on what might be built for possible futures.

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 3: Building Breakthroughs

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Cyprian (aka Vin Armani) talks about his experiments with tiny payments, the business he launched called CoinText, why payment channels are an overlooked mechanism, and what to look for in a protocol.

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 4: Cyprian on Payment Channels

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Randy is the co-founder of Twetch, a social media platform on the blockchain that uses tiny payments. Check it out at twetch.com.

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 5: Randy from Twetch on Social Media

Maybe the world is already wondrous enough.

Sell Me This Pen

I joined Ken Coleman to talk about how to leverage connections in your career.

Isaac on the Ken Coleman Show

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Coding wizard Dean Little from BitPing and MatterPool joins me to talk about which protocols are usable for micro and nanopayments, the pros and cons of each, and what needs to be solved for global scale.

BSV, BCH, Solana, PoW, PoS, and more.

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 6: Which Protocols Work Best?

Cameron Sorsby is the CEO of Praxis. But he began as an unpaid intern willing to do anything to help the company grow.

We chat is story, Praxis updates, and why he'd turn down the GM role for the San Antonio Spurs.

From Intern to CEO in 5 Years: Cameron Sorsby Talks Praxis and Careers

Alex Agut and his biz partner wanted tiny payments for apps they were building. Traditional payment processors couldn't do it. Bitcoin could, but was too complicated for normal users.

BTC fees became too high for tiny payments, but BHC and BSV emerged to restore the original low-fee design of bitcoin.

That's when Alex had an idea: What if instead of waiting for a normie-friendly bitcoin wallet, they built one?

HandCash.io is a user-first wallet with a built in app store for tiny payment apps. They also provide developers with super easy tools to let users login and pay + earn with HandCash.

We walk through the experience and talk about what the future holds.

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 7: HandCash and the App Economy

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Joshua Henslee joins me to talk tokens, enterprise, and more.

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 8: "99% of Crypto is a Joke" with Joshua Henslee

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Nicky is an entrepreneur, former professional dancer and instructor, and fellow tiny payment fan. He created Genuine Retweets to solve his own problem, and discovered he was onto something much bigger.

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 9: Micro-Influence, with Nicky Nu

Joel is the author of The Daily Job Hunt (crash.co/daily) which goes out to 170k+ people every morning, and he's just published his first book.

He joins to talk about the process and his own journey to becoming a creative machine.

joelbein.com

Do It Now - Joel Bein talks Creativity and Persistence

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The guys from Haste tell their winding tale from minor league baseball to building the Barpay app to creating a simple arcade game where the leaderboard gets payouts. That game led to a platform for game builders and a budding revolution.

If you can't see the coolness in this simple use-case, I don't know what to do for you!

Tiny Payments are a Big Deal, Part 10: Re-inventing the Arcade with Haste

Why PartnerHacker?

It took a while, but the latest ChatGPT Large Language Model AI thingy finally got me seeing an amazing future.

Steve Patterson brings some excellent analysis to what's going on and what it means.

AI Has (Finally) Got Me Hyped - with Steve Patterson

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Education, entrepreneurship, big ideas, how to put them into practice, and how to live free. We'll discuss whatever seems most interesting. Episodes released weekly on Monday morning.

In this episode I lay the groundwork for the show.  The why, who, what, and when.

For notes on each episode go to isaacmorehouse.com

Music: Dreamer by Reaktor Productions via Premiumbeat.com

1 - Why Am I Doing a Podcast?

Economist Pete Leeson believes everything can be explained using the economic assumption of rational behavior.  He is a prolific academic and his work covers a wide variety of fascinating and sometimes bizarre phenomena - from insect trials to witch burning, piracy, and everything in between - and provides rational explanations for seemingly irrational behavior.

We discuss what inspired him to become an economist, the major themes of his work, whether everything can be explained with economic analysis, and what he thinks of different economic schools of thought.

You can find him online at peterleeson.com.

18 - Peter Leeson on the Economic Explanation of Everything

Lenny Magill is the founder and CEO of Glockstore, the largest retailer of Glock weapons, accessories, and parts in the world. The online store at Glockstore.com alone serves over 250,000 customers around the globe. Lenny is also very well known in the shooting community for his videos on shooting and self-defense. 

Lenny shares the story of his career, from growing up in Pennsylvania, and along all sorts of twists and turns from working in restaurants, radio DJing, selling advertising, producing TV shows, selling gun videos to now, running the largest Glock retailer in the world. 

This episode is two hours jam packed with amazing stories and powerful insights. You won’t want to miss a minute.

Along the way 
- Lenny’s upbringing in Pennsylvania
- From the path to medical school to dropping out
- Moving to California and working in restaurants
- How waiting tables opened an opportunity in radio
- Lenny’s journey in the radio business
- How radio news led to selling radio ads
- Becoming a student when you have an incentive
- Transition into cable TV
- How he entered the gun business
- Handing a rapidly changing video environment in the 90’s 
- Why you need to do great work no matter what job you have
- The importance of time for concentrated thought about life, business, and who you want to be
- What habits, tools, and techniques Lenny has used to create a happy, healthy, and successful life

Show notes and all links mentioned are available at isaacmorehouse.com

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The Isaac Morehouse Podcast: A Weekly Exploration of Education, Entrepreneurship, Big Ideas, and Freedom

103 - GlockStore Founder Lenny Magill on Sales and Why Problem Solving Beats a Resume

Peter Leeson is a professor of economics and law at George Mason University, known for his work on rational choice theory, applying it to unusual rituals and superstitions, piracy, and anarchy.

His most recent book WTF?! an Economic Tour of the Weird, dives into some of the strangest rituals and events around the world and explains them using rational choice theory.

In the face of the mainstream popularity of pop-behavioral economics claiming humans are irrational, Peter looks at some of the bizarre, weird, unexplainable, and crazy parts of societies around the world and uses clear economic thinking to explain why the reaction to dismiss them as crazy or irrational is wrong in every case.

In this episode, Isaac and Peter dive into some weird examples covered in the book and then some frustrating and confusing behavior from the world around us like the price of razors, or why people speed up when you go to pass them on the highway.

Topics Covered:
- Peter’s new book WTF?! an Economic Tour of the Weird
- Ordeals to try accused of crimes in medieval Europe
- The logic behind ordeals
- Ball don’t lie
- The value of oracles
- The difference between rational beliefs and rational actions
- Wife selling in 18th century England
- Why are razors so expensive?
- Why slow drivers speed up when you go to pass them?
- Are people rational?
- Beliefs as a constraint
- The risk in trying to change beliefs
- The criminal prosecution of insects and rodents
- Peter’s upcoming projects (the economics of panhandlers)

The Isaac Morehouse Podcast

131 - WTF?! with Peter Leeson

Thaddeus Russell is the author of Renegade History of the United States, founder of Renegade University, host of the Unregistered podcast, and an intellectual entrepreneur.

In this episode, Isaac and Thaddeus dive into World War Two. The reasons why the US joined the war, why Franklin Roosevelt wanted war with Japan and Nazi Germany, what stopped Jewish immigrants from leaving Europe, and more. 

Topics Discussed:
- Renegade University
- The reasons people believe the US entered WW2
- FDR and the war in the Pacific
- Roosevelt’s desire for war with Japan
- Jewish immigration to the United States
- Trust in the media
- Self-censorship in the media before and during WW2
- The argument for going to war with Nazi Germany in 1942
- Why Roosevelt wanted to go to war with Nazi Germany
- Germany post world war one
- Autarky in Nazi Germany and Japan
- The US controlling international trade
- US refusal of Jewish Immigrants before and during WW2
- Immigration quotas

134 - Thaddeus Russell on World War Two

“The Myth of the Rule of Law” was written by John Hasnas and originally published in 1995 in the Wisconsin Law Review no. 199.

I read it (with a few mumbles and mistakes) in its entirety from https://www.copblock.org/40719/myth-rule-law-john-hasnas/

Thanks to Prof Hasnas for writing this excellent essay, as well as another called "The Obviousness of Anarchy", both of which were profoundly influential on my thinking.

Isaac Morehouse

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