E2: Balaji Srinivasan on His Past and Future predictions, the Future of the Left and Right, and Why Tech Can’t Escape Politics
"Upstream" with Erik Torenberg
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The Rise of Decentralization in China and America
In the middle of the 20th century, you talk about peak centralization and how technology favored that. And now technology is favoring decentralization. I'm curious if you still think that's true in a world where both China and America are willing to use the latest technology to censor or lock down its citizens. Is it both decentralized and central? Like, how do you see that playing out? And also I want to hear where you want to update the book. Yeah. Well, yeah, say more.
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