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Lex Fridman PodcastBalaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast #331
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- October 20, 2022
- Duration
- 7h 47m
- Channel
- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
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:
- The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com
- Reputation and Power: https://amzn.to/3eyQiF6
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- Seeing Like a State: https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD
Articles:
- Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization
- Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics
- Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys
- The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018
- Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china
- Hollywood's Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies
- New York Times Truth Campaign: https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-first-big-campaign-for-the-new-york-times-is-all-about-the-truth/126274
PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 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 SOCIAL:
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Balaji Srinivasan, Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast #331 explores Balaji Srinivasan on network states, crypto, biology, and power shifts Lex Fridman and Balaji Srinivasan range from the limits of human cognition to the nature of reality, unsolved physics and abiogenesis, and what it would mean for AI and digital agents to be considered alive or conscious.
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