Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar

Ep 29: Albert Wenger on the World After Capital

Jan 6, 2022

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What Makes Us Uniquely Human?

01:23

Markets Cannot allocate attention in the socially optimal way

01:16

We are stuck in the last stages of the industrial revolution

01:19

Universal Basic Income Isn't the Silver Bullet That Fixes All Ills

01:22

Introduction

2min

How Did You Get to Where You Are Today?

4min

What Technology Can Do for Humanity?

3min

Is There a Scarcity of Capital?

3min

The Attention Deficit

5min

How Did We Get Here?

4min

Is There Something About Digital Technology That Is Inevitable?

4min

The Universality of Computing

3min

Is Universal Basic Income the Answer?

4min

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Are We Going to Have a Human-Human Interaction?

4min

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Is There a Dividend That Comes as a Consequence of Automation?

4min

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I Don't Know What's Your Net Worth?

4min

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Is There a Basic Income in the United States?

2min

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Are You Putting Your Money Wire Your Mouth Ins?

2min

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What Is Web Three Point O?

4min

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Do You Think India Is Creating a Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture?

3min

17.

Is Decentralization Inherently Good?

4min

18.

The Future of Cryptocurrency Regulation

3min

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Taxing Robots?

2min

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The Concept of Psychological Freedom

3min

Capital is no longer a scarce resource. Attention is. Albert Wenger joins Vasant Dhar in episode 29 of Brave New World to discuss how the Industrial Age is past its expiry date, and what we need to do to prepare for the Knowledge Age. Useful resources: 1. Albert Wenger at Union Square Ventures and Continuations. And on Twitter. 2. The World After Capital -- Albert Wenger. 3. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy -- Joseph Schumpeter's book in which he wrote about creative destruction. 4. Homo Deus -- Yuval Noah Harari. 5. Free Lunch Society. 6. Andrew Yang on the New Politics America Needs -- Episode 27 of Brave New World. 7. Nandan Nilekani on an Egalitarian Internet -- Episode 15 of Brave New World. 8. Notes on Elinor Ostrom on Wikipedia, Britannica, Econlib and the Nobel Prize website. 9. Adam Alter on Beating Our Addictions -- Episode 28 of Brave New World.

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