#506: Balaji Srinivasan on The Future of Bitcoin and Ethereum, How to Become Noncancelable, the Path to Personal Freedom and Wealth in a New World, the Changing Landscape of Warfare, and More

-It is ambitious in a way that conservatives are not

The best tech people’s mindset is “win and let win”

Financial independence is a requirement for individual and ideological independence - If you’re in debt and have high expenses you can’t help but be a conformist to survive

-It is collective in a way that libertarians are not

You aren’t vulnerable to discrimination.

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Product is merit and distribution is connections -

1729 pays people in crypto for doing tasks that involve Creating online content, Learning skills, Working out

Cities and communities could be started and run like startups. Mayors would act more like CEO. CEOs tend to do a lot more convincing than coercing

As mobility increases, new modes of self-governing networks will arise. States will become less relevant