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223 - Paul Rosenberg: The Use of Knowledge

June 15, 2026 · 60 min

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Paul Rosenberg for a fifth time. They discuss the moral, anarchic, and technological questions that continue to define our world.

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TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:45 – Clone thought experiment 3:40 – Digital ID 8:30 – Samourai Wallet 12:40 – Judges the biggest part of the problem of government? 16:30 – The Simple Web 20:50 – Wikipedia a decentralist failure? 25:00 – Laissez Faire city failure 32:00 – Quantum Computing 34:05 – Anarchy has no ways to fight off evil 42:50 – Are "defense stocks" immoral 48:50 – VPNs 55:00 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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