#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA

2022-10-20 · 473 min · 34 entities

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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies

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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://youtube.com/lexclips
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://notion.com/
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://policygenius.com/
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://thenetworkstate.com/
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://youtube.com/lexclips
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://notion.com/
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://policygenius.com/
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://balajis.com/
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://thenetworkstate.com/
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china

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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies
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Link in episode "#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA": https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies

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#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA

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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: – Policygenius : https://www.policygenius.com/ – Blinkist : https://blinkist.com/lex to get 25% off premium – Notion : https://notion.com – Onnit : https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Balaji’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/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-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization 2. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics 3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys 4. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018 5. Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china 6. Hollywood’s Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies 7. New York Times Truth Campaign: https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-first-big-campaign-for-the-new-york-times-is-all-about-the-truth/126274 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman 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