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#134 Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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What if They Did Fake the Data?

A good chunk of what is done post data collection, we can essentially replicate for free. And then you might ask, well, ok, but what if they did like a fancy fake? All you can do is, you can only reproduce some of it, not all of it. We don't have cloud chambers and inclined planes and so on our house, right? So we can reproduce the digital that is actually independent. Replication of the digital is feasible. That's actualy what bickcoin is, by theway. It's not scientific economics, is mathematical economics,. Because you're doing math locally, and you're not trusting a central authority. The lower trust in society,

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