Are You Optimizing For Virtue Signalling Or Solving a Particular Problem?

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"I got a huge outpouring of support from people who said, thank god you finally spoke up and said something," he says. "There's another 15 % or something that are sympathetic to the cause." The they are actually somewhat suggestible. They will go along with whatever because it sounds reasonable. This not not to say it's not real, and they'll kind of get swept up in it".

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:19) – Programming
(14:17) – Coinbase
(45:05) – Startup advice
(1:02:56) – Economic freedom
(1:12:06) – Coinbase technology
(1:23:33) – Listing on Coinbase
(1:32:47) – Regulations
(1:47:25) – Crypto dominance
(1:51:42) – Employee activism
(2:08:00) – Leadership
(2:10:39) – ResearchHub
(2:20:17) – NewLimit
(2:24:44) – Advice for young people
(2:28:55) – Meaning of life