The Social Civil War Concept

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"I now understand the gladiator arena in a different way, you know. I understand what the decivilization and the barbarizing process looks like as you go from a civilization where there is common shared myths and common shared morality to one which is just trie versus tribe," he says. "And so then that's where unbanking, cancelling, t platforming, all that, soff their tactics in a social civil war, right? They're meant to make a node on their side, wink out, or change color."

Balaji Srinivasan makes a return appearance to The Knowledge Project, this time to go in-depth on Web3, Crypto, and the state of the world today. Srinivasan offers his unfiltered thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of established democracies, the Russia-Ukraine situation, housing as an investment, education, legacy wealth, and which country he would bet on to dominate the future.

Srinivasan is the former CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and is an early investor in many successful tech companies and crypto protocols. He is also the author of the book The Network State: How To Start a New Country, set for release July 4, 2022.

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