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Balaji Srinivasan on Communist Capital vs. Woke Capital vs. Crypto Capital

One of the internet’s most fluid thinkers joins to give a brief history of the future.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:45 a.m. Published Dec 18, 2020, 8:00 p.m.
Breakdown 12.18 - Balaji Srinivasan

One of the internet’s most fluid thinkers joins to give a brief history of the future.

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Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur, the former CTO of Coinbase, a former General Partner at Andressen Horowitz and more.

In this wide-ranging conversation with NLW, he discusses:

  • How networks are taking a power role once reserved for god and the state
  • Why pre-internet institutions will not survive the internet
  • Why bitcoin at $1 million is a global government
  • Woke capital vs. communist capital vs. crypto capital

Find our guest online: @balajis

See also: Balaji Srinivasan: The Man Who Called COVID

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