@ahall_research is the Davies Family Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Andy has also advised major tech companies — such as Meta — and worked closely with web3 leaders via @a16zcrypto’s research team on governance and democratic systems.

It was a pleasure to have Andy on the Techquitable podcast to share his perspective on platform governance, AI regulation, decentralized communities and much more.

Timestamps:

[2:10] - How the 2016 election influenced Andy’s career

[10:55] - Why Andy was willing to embrace blockchain before most professors

[17:05] - The relationship between research and Web3

[20:15] - Will the excitement of crypto fade?

[23:00] - Where Web3 experiments in governance might lead

[27:50] - Andy on why he is optimistic about the future

[36:20] - Should organizations strive towards decentralization?

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