List of people Bitcoiners have to read to become more politically and economically literate:
•Rajaji
•Rothbard
•Hayek
•Mises
•Sowell
•Bastiat
Podcasts and summaries aren't enough. Reading is absolutely necessary.
Discussion
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What if the podcast is literally reading Hayek, Rothbard, Sowell and many other authors *to you*?
Huh, what about that?
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Decent compromise.
Audio books biggest shortcoming is that they aren't on podcasting platforms. The format is much better UX, and bigger reach. Innovate, or perish.
If you add some up to date discussion and bitcoiner's pow commentary, that's a great added value. But most of the time, re-reading out loud the content could be eliminated if they come up with better distribution models.
See Legalman’s “the Quash” podcast where he reads LYSANDER SPOONER to you
So good
Agree, podcasts can give you intros to certain topics, but it’s good to get the full low down from the source.
This is a very good compression of a lot of these topics: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25712075-a-spontaneous-order
Good intro to then get into deeper dives
Solid take, but I still think podcasts and summaries are enough for the average Bitcoiner throughout their first epoch, assuming they weren’t avid readers before their bitcoin adoption.
Books are seen as barriers to some folks. People haven’t read it so long and probably the last time they read out loud in school they were likely terrified to make a mistake in front of their classmates and be potentially made fun of.
Stay humble, read books. đź«‚đź“š
Expanded the list of people I think Bitcoiners have to read to become more politically and economically literate (Based on recommendations, mentions and citations from classical liberal and libertarian content, media and literature)
F. A. Hayek
Ludwig Von Mises
Murray Rothbard
Thomas Sowell
Adam Smith
Bastiat
John Locke
Israel Kirzner
Carl Menger
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Hernando De Soto
C. Rajagopalachari
B. R. Shenoy
Nani Palkhivala