Truth, Energy, & Bitcoin with Marty Bent - WBD480

Marty Bent is the founder of the Bitcoin focused media company
TFTC.io, Venture Partner at Ten31, and Director of Cathedra
Bitcoin. In this interview, we discuss resisting centralised
narratives around the Ukraine/Russia conflict and the push for
ESG and renewable energy. 


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The fragmentation of modern media provides access to a limitless
supply of analysis, interpretations, and opinions. But rather
than bringing clarity, this cacophony of commentary more often
results in confusion. 


Into this mix, powerful centralised institutions mobilise
significant resources to drive narratives. Over the past few
generations, fearless investigative efforts have identified
examples of deficient and deceptive institutions. This has
resulted in such centralised messaging being treated with
caution, if not explicit, cynicism. 


But does that mean we should be sceptical of all messaging
emanating from centralised bodies? What are the implications for
society if there is widespread distrust of such
communication? 


The result is that there are different prisms through which to
view events. The human misery caused by the Ukraine and Russia
conflict is heartbreaking, but does that mean there are clear
paths of action we can support? The forecasts of climate change
impacts are worryingly bleak, but is there reasonable
uncertainty, and what are the full implications of promoted
mitigations?


The only thing we can do is to remain engaged, and, as Marty Bent
states, “bring back civility to these types of conversations.”