TL;DR
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Joe Rogan just interviewed Sam Altman and asked him about his thoughts on Bitcoin’s place in society.
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Altman and Rogan said they were both “super against” CBDCs (i.e. central bank digital currency that would likely be tied to a social credit score).
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They also discussed Worldcoin – the crypto project Altman founded (which has raised some serious eyebrows).
Full Story
Just last week we discussed the Lex Fridman podcast interview with Mark Zuckerberg in the metaverse (check it out if you haven’t already – it’s solid!).
Now we’re back to discuss another podcast that was released late last week with Joe Rogan and Sam Altman (the CEO of OpenAI).
As expected, most of the conversation was focused on AI.
But Joe did ask Sam’s thoughts on Bitcoin’s place in society; to which he said:
“I think this idea that we have a global currency that is outside of the control of any government is a super logical and important step on the tech tree.“
Which makes sense, but what really stood out was Joe’s response:
“Agreed…The government should be dealing with all of the pressing environmental, social, infrastructure issues, foreign policy issues, economic issues…the things that need to be governed in order to have a peaceful and prosperous society that’s equal and equitable.”
Well said Joe.
Altman and Rogan said they were both “super against” CBDCs (i.e. central bank digital currency that would likely be tied to a social credit score) with Rogan saying “That scares the s*** out of me. The push to that is not for the overall good of society, that’s for control.”
Finally, they discussed Worldcoin – the crypto project Altman founded (which has raised some serious eyebrows).
His view: The shift to a “technologically enabled world,” including Bitcoin, could seriously reduce corruption.
Look, we don’t agree with everything Altman has to say, but to the ideas we hear we say ‘Amen.’
