Sal and Dave are joined by Josh Rosenthal, a former historian and AI founder turned crypto investor. Josh presents an illuminating history lesson, detailing the catalysts and chaos as the Middle Ages transitioned into the Renaissance period - and highlighting the many parallels that crypto and AI are facing today with their own push for decentralisation and freedom of choice. Josh also delves into crypto’s ability to turn cost centres into revenue generators, and explores how that can help to unlock moats and disproportionately reward those within the long tail of society’s distribution curve. Check out the full episode for Josh’s uniquely historical perspective on the future of crypto and AI.
(1:12) - Josh’s path to crypto
(7:33) - Transition from Middle Ages to the Renaissance
(14:57) - Crypto as the next Renaissance
(17:28) - Pendulum shifts around centralisation
(24:24) - The American ‘Renaissance’
(33:25) - The urge to ban what’s new
(38:35) - Crypto turning the world into entrepreneurs
(41:21) - Crypto as a Business Model
(46:04) - Why have decentralised start ups struggled to take off
(58:13) - Crypto as an economic substrate for AI
(1:00:40) - Turning cost centres into revenue generators
(1:04:49) - Synthetic vs physical realms
(1:10:49) - Finding your tribe
(1:15:39) - Identity in a Web 3 world
(1:20:23) - Volatility as a feature
(1:23:08) - Using history to contextualise the moment
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Episode Resources
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