I have not yet listened to that pod, so speaking out of assumptions

As an engineer by training, I’d say we should be even MORE so prepared to understand Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is the reference system (x0, y0, z0), to which any other expression of value will refer

Additionally, understanding Bitcoin provides an answer to a question that defies basic logic: why working in financial services (basically allocating other people’s money into companies without creating value per se) pays better salaries than working as an engineer (designing and building systems that did not exist previously and that actually do something)