For this insightful and highly informative episode Cedric sits down again with Bitcoin author and thinker Brandon Quittem for a wide ranging conversation about Bitcoin as a pioneer species, ecology, how utilizing more energy and not less will save the planet and why he's so optimistic about the future even as we go through another fourth turning.  Brandon is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and passionate Bitcoiner. He's currently building SwanBitcoin.com which is the best place to buy Bitcoin in the US.  His articles have been read by more than 2 million people online. Most well known for exploring the parallels between Bitcoin and mycelium. His superpower is taking complex information and turning it into simple, actionable, intelligence. When he's not helping bitcoin companies, he spends most of his “work time” reading, writing, and speaking. Check out our first conversation together here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brandon-quittem-the-bitcoin-mycologist-on-the/id1534519469?i=1000499188949 Bitcoin is a fungus. If you cleave a piece off, you're just making more. It cannot be stopped, no matter how hard governments, detractors, or other obstacles may stand in its way. Brandon and  Ced ponder a potential Second Civil War, psychedelics, Millennial thinking vs Zoomer thinking, and where we stand in The Fourth Turning. In all of this turmoil, how does Bitcoin reduce suffering? You bought a hardware wallet right? So you take your bitcoin security seriously, now go that extra step and secure it from physical disaster with a CypherWheel seed storage device.  Go to cyphersafe.io to keep your Sats Safe and use the code Matrix for 10% off your order. If you enjoy the show please support our amazing sponsors, tell your friends and family, subscribe to our channel here and on YouTube, write a five star review wherever you download your podcasts and if you want to support us more directly I have tips open on Twitter.  Follow Brandon Quittem on Twitter: @Bquittem Check out his writing on Medium: https://brandonquittem.com Follow Cedric Youngelman on Twitter: @CedYoungelman Follow the Bitcoin Matrix Podcast on Twitter: @_BitcoinMatrix