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Sep 2021
1h 28m

E48: The role of decentralization, China...

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Show Notes:

0:00 Bestie Guestie Balaji Srinivasan is introduced

6:01 Balaji's day in the life, Coinbase background, comparing crypto with early 2000's p2p music industry, China's lawful evil

16:09 China declares crypto transactions illegal, comparing and contrasting the US and China's future outlook

39:43 Chances of a revolution in China, predictions for the next 1-2 decades

48:37 Decentralized citizen journalism, the end of corporate journalism

58:11 Facebook's tough stretch continues: leaker might come forward with SEC, lawsuit over FTC payouts, public sentiment turning on big tech, decentralized social media

1:18:43 How decentralized media platforms would work mechanically

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Referenced in the show:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-declares-bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrency-transactions-illegal-11632479288

https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinping-aims-to-rein-in-chinese-capitalism-hew-to-maos-socialist-vision-11632150725

https://www.readingthechinadream.com/

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1993-06-01/clash-civilizations

https://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550

https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Chain-Defending-America-High-Tech/dp/031653353X?asin=031653353X&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Lady-Winked-Misreporting-Fabrications/dp/1736703307

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/vitalik-buterin-donates-1-billion-worth-of-meme-coins-to-india-covid-relief-fund/

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1386288771872673793?lang=en

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1386024429629558784?s=20

https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Machine-Blockchain-Future-Everything/dp/1250114578

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOWRembdPS8

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/23/facebook-testify-kids-safety-lawmakers-probe-whistleblowers-revelations/

https://www.facebook.com/business/news/navigating-change-and-improving-performance-and-measurement

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/21/facebook-paid-billions-extra-to-the-ftc-to-spare-zuckerberg-in-data-suit-shareholders-allege-513456

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-177

https://www.wsj.com/articles/voters-want-to-curb-the-influence-of-big-tech-companies-new-poll-shows-11632405601?st=qnnf9nvvwigp

https://medium.com/craft-ventures/masks-should-be-the-law-3f53f08709cc

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/01/social-media-ads-russia-wanted-americans-to-see-244423

https://balajis.com/yes-you-may-need-a-blockchain/

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