Visionary:Balaji Srinivasan

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Balaji Srinivasan[edit]

Biography[edit]

Former CTO of Coinbase, author of 'The Network State', tech philosopher.

Category[edit]

Tech Philosopher

Notable Quotes[edit]

On Network Effects and Platform Monopolies[edit]

"The Network State is to the nation state what Bitcoin is to the Federal Reserve."[1]

On AI Governance and Regulation[edit]

"AI and crypto are complementary: AI is about creating intelligence, crypto is about distributing it."[2]

On Zero Marginal Cost Society[edit]

"The purpose of technology is to reduce scarcity."[3]

On Human Capital in Age of AI[edit]

"We're transitioning from the paper belt (credentials) to the proof-of-work belt (demonstrated competence)."[2]

On Attention Economy and Information Overload[edit]

"Every company needs to become a media company and every country needs to become a network state."[2]

References[edit]

  1. Balaji Srinivasan, The Network State (2022), p. 9, 1729.com
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Balaji Srinivasan, The Tim Ferriss Show (2023), March 9, 2023, Episode 654 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ref_2023_1" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Balaji Srinivasan, Twitter/X (2022), November 15, 2022 Link