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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
   
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:
   
5. Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization
   
6. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics
   
7. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys
   
8. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018
   
9. Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china
   
10. Hollywood’s Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies
    
11. 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:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (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

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