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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Books:

1. The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com (https://thenetworkstate.com)

2. Reputation and Power: https://amzn.to/3eyQiF6 (https://amzn.to/3eyQiF6)

3. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP (https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP)

4. Seeing Like a State: https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD (https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD)

Articles:

1. Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-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 (https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics)

3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys (https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys)

4. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018 (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 (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 (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 (https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-first-big-campaign-for-the-new-york-times-is-all-about-the-truth/126274)

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:23) – Prime number maze

(33:35) – Government

(49:51) – The Network State

(59:55) – Pseudonymous economy

(1:23:41) – Exit

(1:38:23) – Building a network state

(2:26:09) – Wikipedia

(3:03:40) – Fixing science

(3:30:08) – Fixing the FDA

(5:01:16) – Longevity

(5:20:14) – Donald Trump’s ban from social media

(5:49:32) – War

(5:56:41) – Censorship

(6:10:40) – Social media

(6:26:56) – Wokeism and communism

(6:45:44) – Cryptocurrency

(7:03:17) – AI, AR, and VR

(7:15:15) – Advice for young people

(7:48:10) – Regulating logic