E14: Balaji Srinivasan on the Fiat Crisis, Russia, and China.

In this episode, Erik sits down with Balaji Srinivasan to discuss the Fiat Crisis, geopolitics, conspiracies, and the signs of decline for a hyperpower. Balaji is an angel investor, tech founder, philosopher, and author of The Network State. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase. This riveting conversation is, in many aspects, a follow-up to his appearance on Moment of Zen (see links below). If you’re looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/UPSTREAM

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ICYMI: Moment of Zen w/ Balaji Srinivasan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tk6DbkVhBlDp1hh8wzIEM?si=NA-oZU6NT7iNTKhX1ixoCQ

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(01:40) What is happening with the Fiat Crisis?

(08:52) Balaji’s equivalent premises

(11:07) God, State, Network

(12:45) Irrational adherence to principles

(15:12) Sponsors: Secureframe

(16:16) Hyperpower wars 1991-2021

(20:05) Economic conclusions

(23:12) Blue America is at war with the world

(28:30) Cancellation is a weak form of warfare

(32:35) Red vs Blue vs Grey America 

(38:00) Make America states again

(39:47) America and India parallels in reverse

(43:10) Can America turn around after the next election?

(44:25) America and China and Russia | Microsoft and Facebook and Google

(46:55) How people react to Balaji’s China stance

(52:00) History between Russia and Japan

(57:25) Conspiracies

(01:04:35) Balaji’s predictions for 2024 & the Fed

(01:11:41) Replacing the Dollar network

TWITTER:

Balaji’s Twitter: @balajis

Erik’s Twitter: @eriktorenberg

Upstream : @upstream__pod

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