Jon Gordon is today’s guest. As a kid growing up in the Chicago area, Jon had a love of math and science. Later in life, he used those interests to attain a double master’s in health economics and policy from the University of Chicago and the London School of Economics. He heard of Bitcoin early in high school and was drawn to it because of the math behind it with its numbers and set rules, but never really got into it until 2020 after getting married and traveling the world. Since then, he has amazingly learned what seems like a decade’s worth of knowledge in a few short years. His blog, The Bitcoin Yogi, is focused on the parallels between Bitcoin and Yoga.
Twitter: @thebitcoinyogi (https://twitter.com/thebitcoinyogi)
The Bitcoin Yogi: https://the-bitcoin-yogi.ghost.io/
Virtual Yoga, Meditation and Breathwork Series: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crowdhealth-wellness-workshops-yoga-meditation-and-breathwork-series-tickets-710324980137?aff=oddtdtcreator
Book Recommendations:
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – Jon’s story from math, science, pre-med, economics, to Bitcoin
04:30 – Getting married and thinking about finances together
05:50 – Going to El Salvador
06:44 – Bali and Yoga
09:00 – Perspective on terrorism in the Middle East
13:11 – Antisemitism at Northwestern
14:15 – Wanting to bring Bitcoin into healthcare
17:00 – Healthcare issues and challenges
20:50 – CrowdHealth
23:00 – Regulation in healthcare
28:25 – Providers accepting Bitcoin
31:40 – Jon has learned a lot quickly by traveling all over the world
38:22 – Yoga and his ability to focus
40:50 – The importance of staying in the present
45:35 – The Bitcoin Yogi blog
51:33 – Yoga is for everybody…no barrier to entry
53:30 – Decentralization
57:00 – Time preference
01:03:29 – Outro
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