Is There a Trade-Off Between the Upside and the Downside?

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On balance, i think it's more upside, more downside. Like everything technology is doing, that's just my one liner for the future. On net we want to figureout some hinh to amilierate those downsets. But basically, people have this near term, 30 years ago memory of hay that was actualy bad. I dear to try to move in that direction politically right now.

When Balaji Srinivasan sat down for his conversation with Tyler he was the CEO of Earn.com. Today he is the CTO at Coinbase, which acquired his company in the intervening weeks (congrats Balaji!). But while his job title has changed, his passion remains the same: harnessing the power of the blockchain to launch a new generation of entrepreneurs, businesses, and entire markets.

Balaji talks with Tyler about the potential of the blockchain and beyond, including how firewalls may become the new immigration policy tool, why drones are still underrated, the future of news and academia, what the Silicon Valley opener reveals about how America views the tech industry, and more.

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Recorded April 2nd, 2018 Other ways to connect

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