Philosophy

A collection of 35 posts

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153 - Why Crypto is Underrated with Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen is an American economist, columnist, and blogger. He’s also a professor at George Mason University, where he also produces the Conversations with Tyler podcast with guests like Vitalik Buterin. Marc Andreessen, and Ray Dalio.

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152 - Why Can't We Have Nice Things | Liv Boeree

Liv Boeree is a former professional poker player, master of game theory, systems thinker, and keen understander of the world of complex systems and the human experience.

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151 - Why Are We Here? with Erik Voorhees

Erik Voorhees is a crypto veteran of veterans. He’s one of the greatest advocates of open and permissionless systems that we have in this space.

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148 - This is How Crypto Fixes the Internet | Antonio García Martínez

Antonio Garcia Martinez is joining Bankless today to discuss his journey down the digital rabbit hole, how the internet is broken, and how to fix it.

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147 - Why Mainstream Media Sucks & How to Fix It with Saagar Enjeti

Saagar Enjeti is the Co-Host of an American populist, anti-establishment political news and opinion series called, Breaking Points with Krystal Ball as his co-host.

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144 - Web3 Is Going Great!! with Molly White

In today’s episode, Molly gives us her central claim on why web3 isn’t actually going so great, why she thinks tokens make everything worse, and why—despite acknowledging some of the good—Molly believes crypto is a net negative to the world…and probably will be in the near future.

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Building Power Structures with Parker Jay-Pachirat | Layer Zero

Parker Jay-Pachirat is a founding member of Boys Club and a venture capitalist at FinTech Collective.

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What Happens Next in Crypto? with Fiskantes & Matti

Fiskantes and Matti of Zee Prime Capital join us to share a glimpse of their collective crystal ball into the future of crypto.

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Building A Better Ponzi with Ameen Soleimani | Layer Zero

Ameen Soleimani is the Founder and CEO of SpankChain, the co-creator of MolochDAO, and the co-founder of Reflexer Labs, which created RAI.

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136 - WWIII vs the Machines | Demetri Kofinas

Demetri Kofinas is a digital entrepreneur and host of the Hidden Forces Podcast, one of our favorites.

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Debrief - Polynya's Crypto Thesis

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132 - Polynya's Crypto Thesis

This conversation has been a long time coming. Polynya is a pseudonymous writer, investor, and crypto researcher

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131 - Rise of the Network State | Balaji Srinivasan

Balaji Srinivasan is an investor, founder, and Former CTO of Coinbase and GP at a16z and author of The Network State, which will be the main focus of the podcast today.

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Debrief - Rise of the Network State

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Luke Burgis | Layer Zero

Humans are mimetic creatures that crave their respective desires. But how do these desires work when paired with crypto? Luke Burgis explains. Luke is the author of, “Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life.”

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Soulbound: On or off Chain? | Vitalik Buterin and Evin McMullen

A fascinating intellectual debate is emerging in the world of decentralized identity. Today, Vitalik Buterin represents Soulbound NFTs, while Disco’s Evin McMullen takes the side of VCs (verifiable credentials).

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The Alfalfa Podcast | Layer Zero

Investing Alpha from Nick Urbani, Arman Assadi, Stephen Cesaro, and Eric Johanson

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The Divine DAO with Tracheopteryx | Layer Zero

Biomimicry and the DAO Within

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Cults, Culture, & Crypto with Meltem Demirors | Layer Zero

All three are everywhere and nowhere all at once

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The Next Phase of Humanity with Metadreamer | Layer Zero

Intersubjective Emergent Democracy and Other Heady Topics

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DEBRIEF - Alexis Ohanian

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DEBRIEF - Blockchains are Cities | Haseeb Qureshi

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🎙 103 - Blockchains are Cities | Haseeb Qureshi

Reframing Blockchains from Networks to Cities

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EARLY ACCESS: Blockchains are Cities | Haseeb Qureshi

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🎙 90 - 5 Mental Models for Web3 | Chris Dixon

The Key to Understanding Why Web3 Matters