SoftWar: A Novel Theory...on Bitcoin Chapter 4.8 Dysfunctions of Abstract Power
Channel: George Vouvoudakis
Date: 2023-08-18

My reading of "SoftWar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin" by Major Jason Paul Lowery. This video uses the book in accordance with http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 under which the book was published.

***2023/07/27: Jason has been ordered to stop selling his book and asked to stop speaking on the matter publicly. So I am definitely going to carry on.***

Note: This is a "first" edition. There are typos. I point some out and I might be wrong.

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Timecodes
00:00 - Chapter 4.8 Dysfunctions of Abstract Power
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Robert Ingersoll
02:22 - Chapter 4.8.1 It's Important to Acknowledge that out Modern Agrarian Way of Life has a Dark Side
19:29 - Chapter 4.8.2 Sacrificing Individual and Collective Security to Spend Less Energy and Cause Less Injury
28:52 - Chapter 4.8.3 Nature Suggests that "Might is Right" might Actually be the "Right" Approach
34:22 - Chapter 4.8.4 Unconstrained Abstract Power Hierarchies can Breed Complacency and Corruption
44:52 - Chapter 4.8.5 Abstract Power Hierarchies can Motivate Citizens to Forfeit their Physical Strength and Aggression
49:01 - Chapter 4.8.6 Abstract Power Hierarchies Create Honeypot Security Problems with All Honey but No Sting
57:09 - Figure 51 Bowtie Illustrations of How to Domesticate Humans
59:52 - Chapter 4.8.7 Abstract Power Hierarchies are Demonstrably Incapable of Stopping Physical Power Projectors
1:06:17 - Chapter 4.8.8 Encoding Logical Constraints into a System doesn't Stop People from Exploiting the System's Logic
"It is impossible over the longer term for laws to protect a population from manipulated money... when the laws are influenced by the people that benefit most from that manipulation. Only an emergent parallel system outside of that control could solve that paradox." ~Jeff Booth
1:14:24 - Chapter 4.8.9 Voting Systems are Systemically Exploitable
"Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions." ~Cicero
1:19:58 - Chapter 4.8.10 Abstract Power Hierarchies can Break Down Regardless of How Well They're Designed