Balaji Srinivasan on How to Fix Everything

Balaji Srinivasan is the author of The Network State (link is to the discussion here on 2022-07-08, which contains links to read or download the book for free). He has a great deal to say about just about everything, and in this interview with Lex Fridman he says it, setting a new benchmark for “long-form interview” at seven hours and forty-seven minutes. This is more than a tour d’horizon—it digs deep into a panoply of topics. Since it’s unlikely many people will find the time to listen to it all, here are links to sections addressing various topics.

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:21 - Prime number maze
0:28:33 - Government
0:44:50 - The Network State
0:54:54 - Pseudonymous economy
1:18:40 - Exit
1:33:21 - Building a network state
2:21:08 - Wikipedia
2:58:38 - Fixing science
3:25:06 - Fixing the FDA
4:56:14 - Longevity
5:15:12 - Donald Trump’s ban from social media
5:44:31 - War
5:51:39 - Censorship
6:05:39 - Social media
6:21:54 - Wokeism and communism
6:40:42 - Cryptocurrency
6:58:15 - AI, AR, and VR
7:10:14 - Advice for young people
7:43:08 - Regulating logic

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Over seven a half hours !! I started listening this morning, it will be epic.

Both Lex and Balaji have amazing bladder control :smiley:

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