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EPISODE: 92 BLOCK: 778126 PRICE: 4202 sats per dollar TOPICS: Lionel Shriver is the author of The Mandibles (https://www.amazon.com/Mandibles-Family-2029-2047-Lionel-Shriver/dp/006232828X) - a book set in the United States in 2029 during a debt crisis that results in hyperinflation and economic collapse.

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(00:03:20) Introduction to the show and guest (00:08:44) Discussion on the inspiration for the book and the 2008 financial crisis (00:19:26) Concerns about the future and the impact of financial collapse (00:30:26) Discussion on the role of bitcoin and government control (00:40:00) The role of gold and gun control in the book (00:48:59) The idea of utopia and the ending of the book (00:54:46) Broken incentives in society (00:55:30) Pros and cons of local governance (00:57:47) Exodus from high tax states (01:00:02) Bitcoin as a solution for convenience and accountability (01:04:22) Bitcoin as a solution for lack of property rights and seizure resistance