Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast

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:   / balajis  
Balaji's Website: https://balajis.com
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:
1. Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bit...
2. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/...
3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys
4. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/arch...
5. Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/0...
6. Hollywood's Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywo...
7. New York Times Truth Campaign: https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-...

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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

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