episode 10 - SPECIAL GUEST! Alex Gladstein on human rights

21/12/2020 46 min

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Episode Synopsis

welcome to bitcoin for mom! in this episode we talk with guest @gladstein, the chief strategy officer of the human rights foundation. we discuss the struggles that 4.3 billion people encounter while living under authoritarian regimes and how bitcoin can help.
check out alex's presentations on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=alex+gladstein
if you can, please donate to the human rights foundation at https://hrf.org/. they are doing amazing work. 
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0:00 intro
3:30 what are human rights and what is the mission of the HRF
7:50 why bitcoin matters for human rights
12:14 bitcoin use in repressive economies
15:57 how people are finding, and actually using bitcoin
24:41 are investors in bitcoin pricing users out of the market
27:45 what a world without cash looks like
29:00 why privacy matters
31:19 surveillance issues in the united states
33:10 what decentralization is and the benefits of decentralized systems
37:01 episode debrief and final thoughts (post interview)