How to Exit Facebook or No Google?

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The future of personal identity, proving you are who you claim to be. How will we do it? Is it a retina scan? Is it print? Is it facial recognition? I think it's going to vary depending on the context. The exit option, this is debated quite a bit now with facebook, with google. Some people say, well,you don't have to use it,. You can just exit. But i think that the right approach is to build exits and build alternatives such that, you know, folks can exit from those things and they don't don't feel constrained by them.

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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