#519 - Balaji Srinivasan - Legacy Media Is Lying To You
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2022
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
Balaji Srinivasan is an entrepreneur and essayist, he was co-founder of Counsyl, former chief technology officer of Coinbase and former general partner at Andreessen Horowitz.
Our information diets are making us mentally fat. Whether it's fake news, mis or disinformation, state propaganda or conspiracy theories, the world is very difficult to navigate. Balaji also wants to start a new type of country, he has views on how to optimise your working day and he generates more new ideas than almost anyone. Today we get an insight into his thought process behind all of this.
Expect to learn why socialism always continues to arise across the world, how Balaji tracks all of the ideas he has in his head, why Singapore is a powerhouse of a new country, how immigration will deal with remote VR workers in India, why everyone should use a dashboard to track what's going on in their life, the key trick that the legacy media uses to manipulate you and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends, welcome back to this show. My guest today is Balaji Shrinivasan. He's an |
| 0:05.6 | entrepreneur and essayist. He was the co-founder of council, former chief technology officer of Coinbase |
| 0:11.0 | and former general partner at Andres and Horowitz. Our information diets are making us mentally fat, |
| 0:17.2 | whether it's fake news, myths or disinformation, state propaganda or conspiracy theories. |
| 0:22.2 | The world is very difficult to navigate. Balaji also wants to start a new type of country, |
| 0:27.6 | he has views on how to optimize your working day and he generates more new ideas than |
| 0:31.9 | almost anyone else. Today, we get an insight into his thought process behind all of this. |
| 0:37.2 | I expect to learn why socialism always continues to arise across the world, how Balaji tracks all |
| 0:43.1 | of the ideas he has in his head, why Singapore is a powerhouse of a new country, how immigration |
| 0:48.4 | will deal with remote VR workers in India, why everyone should use a dashboard to track what's |
| 0:53.5 | going on in their life, the key trick that the legacy media uses to manipulate you and much more. |
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