Tech and Dystopia: Rethinking Democracy

Nathan Schneider (@ntnsndr) is a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and the editor of “Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains,” a collection of essays by Vitalik Buterin that will be published this September. He is also one of the most prominent thinkers on cooperativism and the creator of the term Exit to Community.

He has to be one of my favorite thinkers involved in the crypto space as you may have noticed that I've mentioned his work throughout the podcast and in my own writing. During this interview we spoke about his story of getting interested in crypto, his recent piece on encoding human rights on the blockchain, and so much more.  It was a great conversation.

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ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking.

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