E63: Balaji Srinivasan and Glen Weyl on Decentralized Governance, Politics, and History

"Upstream" with Erik Torenberg

In 2019 Erik Torenberg sat down with Balaji Srinivasan and Glen Weyl to talk about the future of a decentralized world. They cover decentralized governance, politics, voting, and more. This conversation was recorded orginally for Village Global's Venture Stories.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(00:53) RadicalxChange

(02:20) Common ground and divergences

(05:19) Role of choice and community

(06:59) Voice vs. Exit

(10:06) Future of governance and identity

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(19:25) Complexity of social systems

(25:20) Social inequality and drug war

(39:40) Technocracy and its implications

(46:44) Economic models and social relations

(56:34) Changes on property law

(56:41) Quadratic voting and finance

(01:01:21) Limitations of technology in the next century

(01:04:19) Future of nation states and governance

(01:10:53) Technocrats, empires, and incentives

(01:15:07) Wrap