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% offEPISODE LINKS:Balaji’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajisBalaji’s Website: https://balajis.comBooks:1. The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com2. Reputation and Power: https://amzn.to/3eyQiF63. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP4. Seeing Like a State: https://amzn.to/3MJfvcDArticles:1. Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization2. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys4. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/3090185. Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china6. Hollywood’s Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies7. New York Times Truth Campaign: https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-first-big-campaign-for-the-new-york-times-is-all-about-the-truth/126274PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcastApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIrSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridmanYouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclipsSUPPORT & CONNECT:– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman– Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman– Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridmanOUTLINE:Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.((((((((((((((((((((