#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
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<p>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:<br />
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Balaji’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/balajis">https://twitter.com/balajis</a><br />
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Books:<br />
1. The Network State: <a href="https://thenetworkstate.com">https://thenetworkstate.com</a><br />
2. Reputation and Power: <a href="https://amzn.to/3eyQiF6">https://amzn.to/3eyQiF6</a><br />
3. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: <a href="https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP">https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP</a><br />
4. Seeing Like a State: <a href="https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD">https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD</a><br />
Articles:<br />
1. Bitcoin Is Civilization: <a href="https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization">https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization</a><br />
2. Great Protocol Politics: <a href="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</a><br />
3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: <a href="https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys">https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys</a><br />
4. The Measured Man: <a href="https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018">https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018</a><br />
5. Secret Document That Transformed China: <a href="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</a><br />
6. Hollywood’s Missing Movies: <a href="https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies">https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies</a><br />
7. New York Times Truth Campaign: <a href="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</a></p>
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br />
(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(07:23) – Prime number maze<br />
(33:35) – Government<br />
(49:51) – The Network State<br />
(59:55) – Pseudonymous economy<br />
(1:23:41) – Exit<br />
(1:38:23) – Building a network state<br />
(2:26:09) – Wikipedia<br />
(3:03:40) – Fixing science<br />
(3:30:08) – Fixing the FDA<br />
(5:01:16) – Longevity<br />
(5:20:14) – Donald Trump’s ban from social media<br />
(5:49:32) – War<br />
(5:56:41) – Censorship<br />
(6:10:40) – Social media<br />
(6:26:56) – Wokeism and communism<br />
(6:45:44) – Cryptocurrency<br />
(7:03:17) – AI, AR, and VR<br />
(7:15:15) – Advice for young people<br />
(7:48:10) – Regulating logic</p>