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#134 Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State

2022/4/5
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Balaji Srinivasan：本期节目深入探讨了Web3、加密货币以及当今世界局势。他分享了对现有民主制度优缺点、俄乌局势、房地产投资、教育、世袭财富以及哪个国家最有可能主导未来的看法。他认为美国社会精英阶层难以有效治理，而印度尽管存在缺陷，却展现出更强的凝聚力和自我认知；中国高效，美国低效，印度处于中间状态。他还讨论了美国国家能力下降、信息供应链的运作方式、可重复研究和开放获取的重要性，以及如何利用区块链技术来构建更可靠的科学体系。此外，他还谈到了疫苗接种决策、药理基因组学和免疫基因组学、加拿大政府对卡车司机的金融监控措施、以及如何利用加密技术来促进科学研究的透明度和可重复性。他认为，西方政府正在与多个阵营同时对抗，这导致了国家能力下降和社会信任缺失。他还探讨了信息战、社会战争、以及如何利用去中心化技术来应对这些挑战。他认为，Web3将成为觉醒运动的滑铁卢，并对现有民主制度的优缺点、房地产价格走势、世袭财富以及教育体系的不足之处进行了深入分析。最后，他还分享了他对未来可能主导世界的国家（中国或印度）的看法，以及他对科技公司CEO和值得反复阅读的书籍的评价。 Shane Parrish：作为主持人，Shane Parrish引导Balaji Srinivasan展开讨论，并就其观点进行提问和补充。

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The US and India are converging in societal cohesion and competence, with India showing a sense of togetherness and ability to organize, contrasting with the US's current societal challenges.

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Balaji Srinivasan makes a return appearance to The Knowledge Project, this time to go in-depth on Web3, Crypto, and the state of the world today. Srinivasan offers his unfiltered thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of established democracies, the Russia-Ukraine situation, housing as an investment, education, legacy wealth, and which country he would bet on to dominate the future.

Srinivasan is the former CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and is an early investor in many successful tech companies and crypto protocols. He is also the author of the book The Network State: How To Start a New Country.

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