Channel: Sam Harris

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Balaji Srinivasan about several civilizational challenges and possible paths forward. They discuss the evidence of American decline, the rise of India and China, centralizing and decentralizing trends in politics, the relationship between politics and technology, the failures of the FDA and TSA, how regulation preserves monopolies, the significance of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, the problem of cybersecurity, the Chinese government’s attack on Bitcoin, the threat of US regulation of cryptocurrency, blockchain scalability, creator coins, life in Singapore, virtual government, the future of decentralized journalism, independent replication in science, wealth inequality, ubiquitous investing, social status, non-zero-sum capitalism, “start-up countries”, and other topics. Released: August 31, 2021 SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast at samharris.org/subscribe. Subscribe to the YT channel: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=samharrisorg Follow Sam on Twitter: twitter.com/samharrisorg Follow Sam on Facebook: facebook.com/Samharrisorg Follow Sam on Instagram: instagram.com/samharrisorg For more information about Sam Harris: samharris.org