Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, tech founder, philosopher, and author of The Network State: How to Start a New Country. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Balaji’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis
Balaji’s Website: https://balajis.com
Books:
1. The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com
2. Reputation and Power: https://amzn.to/3eyQiF6
3. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP
4. Seeing Like a State: https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD
Articles:
1. Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization
2. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics
3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys
4. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018
5. Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china
6. Hollywood’s Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies
7. New York Times Truth Campaign: https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-first-big-campaign-for-the-new-york-times-is-all-about-the-truth/126274
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:21 – Prime number maze
28:33 – Government
44:50 – The Network State
54:54 – Pseudonymous economy
1:18:40 – Exit
1:33:21 – Building a network state
2:21:08 – Wikipedia
2:58:38 – Fixing science
3:25:06 – Fixing the FDA
4:56:14 – Longevity
5:15:12 – Donald Trump’s ban from social media
5:44:31 – War
5:51:39 – Censorship
6:05:39 – Social media
6:21:54 – Wokeism and communism
6:40:42 – Cryptocurrency
6:58:15 – AI, AR, and VR
7:10:14 – Advice for young people
7:43:08 – Regulating logic
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