AI Is About to Split Society in Two | Zack Shapiro
Episode Date: August 14, 2026“The people who are truly productive are going to be on a rocket ship.” AI is about to split society in two: those who learn to command it and thos...
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198 episodes transcribed“The people who are truly productive are going to be on a rocket ship.” AI is about to split society in two: those who learn to command it and thos...
“There’s no balance sheet in the world that can cough up a trillion dollars.” In this episode, Mauricio Di Bartolomeo explains why he believes Bitc...
“I would give myself 95% confidence that the bottom is in.” Mitchell Askew and John Haar are on the show to get into whether Bitcoin’s price botto...
“Who is left now that wants to sell at $65K?” Bitcoin has gone through the price pain. Now comes the time pain. Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Re...
“The companies are bubbles, but I don’t think the technology is a bubble.” Luke Gromen is back on the show to explain why the debt-fuelled AI boom...
“This is as code red as it can get for Bitcoin self-custody.” Rob Hamilton joins me for an emergency episode on the catastrophic Coldcard entropy b...
“The company that I co-founded and wanted to build and the company Twenty One was becoming were no longer the same.” Jack Mallers is back on the sh...
“We don’t need a new narrative. We just need to buy the bear, turn it around and smash it.” Cory Klippsten is back on the show to explain why Bitco...
“Bear markets are actually more about survival.” Matt Odell is back on the show to explain why Bitcoin bear markets grind people down, why the fundame...
“Cycles have no respect for trends.” Michael Howell is on the show to explain why global liquidity, not Bitcoin’s four-year cycle, is the force dri...
"Bitcoin treasury companies are not the equivalent of altcoins, but there’s a very similar lesson that has to be learned: they’re a great way to get l...
“In my opinion, not just Bitcoin, but the direction of society for our lifetimes and our kids’ lifetimes will be decided in the next five to ten years...
“I think in ten years, the financial system and the Bitcoin system are going to collide.” Matthew Mezinskis is a macroeconomic researcher, host of...
"They will allow inflation to run hotter than they'll admit to." James Lavish is co-founder of the Bitcoin Opportunity Fund and author of The Info...
“Maybe it’s time to kill your heroes again, and Saylor is now the hero to slay in this cycle.” Fernando Nikolic is the founder of Perception. In th...
“Bitcoin’s value prop remains unchanged and a 50% drawdown isn’t something that should scare you. It should be viewed as an opportunity.” Joe Conso...
“The game has changed, it’s very clear.” Matt Dines is a fixed-income portfolio manager and host of Mind Print Hash. In this episode, we get into...
“The market is trying to find a villain right now—and Saylor is that guy.” Adam Livingston explains the pressure building around Michael Saylor, Micro...
“The whole goddamn thing is a charade… finger in the air, wild-ass guess, total gaslighting and bullshit.” In this episode, Lawrence Lepard is back...
“The real battle is not communism versus capitalism. It’s not the radical left versus the far right… They’re all a different flavour of the same agend...