Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast #331

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:   / 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-bit... 2. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/... 3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys 4. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/arch... 5. Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/0... 6. Hollywood's Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywo... 7. New York Times Truth Campaign: https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-... 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/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:21 - Prime number maze 28:33 - Government 44:50 - The Network State 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 SOCIAL: Twitter:   / lexfridman   LinkedIn:   / lexfridman   Facebook:   / lexfridman   Instagram:   / lexfridman   Medium:   / lexfridman   Reddit:   / lexfridman   Support on Patreon:   / lexfridman