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Aug 2020
1h 47m

Balaji Srinivasan: Living in the Future

David Perell
About this episode
My guest today is Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor and entrepreneur. When it comes to the future, he's the single most creative person I know because he's so technical, innovative, and polymathic. Talking to him is an experience unlike talking to anybody else, which I tried to replicate in this conversation. A little bit about Balaji. He's worked as the ... Show More
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