Read_877 - Once in a Species

"This over-developed brain wiring supercharged our
interest in scarce assets and our drive to obtain them.
Behaviorally, this may have amounted to making us weirdos who
collected seashells, simply because we couldn’t help but value
their special rarity. But as we’ll explore, that odd behavioral
quirk may have made all the difference for our species." — Jesse
Myers


What if the secret to humanity’s dominance wasn’t intelligence or
brute strength, but a weird obsession with rare objects? Today we
dive into a new and wildly interesting piece from Jesse Myers’
that tries to piece together evidence from pre-ancient history
that may explain not only the importance of money in
civilization, but that it may be more fundamental to the
existence of our species than we even realize.Tune in as we dive
into the evolutionary roots of money, the power of abstract
thought, and what it all means for the future of value.


Check out the original article: Once in a Species by Jesse
Myers (Link:
https://www.onceinaspecies.com/p/once-in-a-species-73b)


 
Links Mentioned in This Episode


Jesse Myers’ Substack
(Link: https://substack.com/@jessemyers)

Nick Szabo’s "Shelling Out"
(Link: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/shelling-out/)

Robin Dunbar’s research on Dunbar’s Number (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/3d8e5fwc)

"I, Pencil" (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yc2m7zmn)

The Bushidoo of Bitcoin: A Code of Virtue for a World on a
New Economic Standard by Aleksandar Svetski
(Link: https://www.bushidoofbitcoin.com/)

Why the Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin
(Link: https://tinyurl.com/hx5rddy2)



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