This is the second or third podcast I’ve heard Saif share this theory and the more I struggle with it the more it is influencing my thinking. This was a sad hard fork. How do we avoid them in the future?

308. Fiat Money, Inflation & the Collapse of Civilization with Danny Knowles
By Dr. Saifedean Ammous
Aired Jan 13, 2026 · 1h 5m · Last boosted Jan 13, 2026
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Saifedean joins Danny Knowles on What Bitcoin Did to discuss The Gold Standard: how fiat funded war and made endless conflict possible, why hard money shapes time preference, and why gold failed where Bitcoin can win.
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