This episode was initially recorded before a live audience in 2018. Erik Torenberg talks with Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan about the history of money and centralization and why crypto has the potential to fulfill the promise of the internet. Access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist.

Balaji Srinivasan is a founder, investor, and author of The Network State.

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, investor, and former CEO of Angellist.

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