Bitcoin, Property Rights, and Why the Old West Says You Should Own Your Socials, feat. Nic Carter

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Brief:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A record week for peer-to-peer exchanges in the developing world</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A digital dollar gets discussed in Congress </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Previewing the Federal Reserve’s FOMC guidance </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main topic: A brainstorm on digital property rights</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s a radical idea. What if by virtue of the fact that you had put so much time and effort into building a following on social media and filling that following with content you had legal claim to and distinct property rights around your corner of social media platforms? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s wild in the context of today’s terms of service, but has significant legal precedent in the world of physical land. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this new type of deep-dive 20-minute episode we’re calling a “Breakdown Brainstorm,” Castle Island Ventures investor Nic Carter looks at:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two schools of thought around digital property rights</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The historical precedent for squatter’s rights</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What the specific example of the USA’s Westward Expansion can teach us</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why this type of approach can be highly economically generative, according to economists like De Soto</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How John Locke’s theories provide a moral basis for the argument </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why today’s platforms are akin