I will watch all Balaji's interviews. He has such a interesting perspective and is just full of knowledge. Love hearing from such a thoughtful and humble guest.
Balaji is sooo smart and seems to have no ego about it. His lack of sacred cow thinking makes him even more credible and authentic. He’s brilliant and is a builder of ideas rather than a destroyer of ideas. Unique these days.
Time stamps…will be updated with continued listening 1:55 Why Write A Book? 3:00 Why Is the Book organized and published in the way it is? 6:10 Why publish on Amazon? 7:54 Picking the right metrics
balaji is great as always but I don't really agree with his behavioral immune system analogy with the gun control thing. One can avoid bad milk but one cannot avoid someone attacking you physically. Sure, one can avoid bad areas of the town but what if bad people come to your house?
So what if you had this sort of all knowing data production type system. So the technological convergence happens unlimited production. Where does this go where does it end up?
33:53 This is the entire way the word "democracy" has been used since 2016. How many headlines have we seen saying "Trump can't be allowed to run again, in the name of democracy", or calling the 2014 Ukrainian coup "a victory for pro democracy forces"?
For as much as I find him interesting and smart....his political biases and blind spots are glaring. Limits much of his perspective and who will actually listen to the ideas...too bad.
I love Balaji, he has a great mind. But his odd conversational tick of constantly asking “Do you know what X is” is annoying and he should work on rephrasing that habit.
I'd like som push back in the China is for the Han privilege status, other have said the govt actually spends a ton of money appealing to outlying tributaries and creates political friction
This man went two hours and said nothing of utility. He did not break down the methods of building a network state, he bounced from topic to topic regarding international politics and he had some crazy theories about things to happen on the world stage. Calling Network states "crazy," "sci-fi," over and over again while you pretend to be advocating for them as an excuse to talk about Bitcoin? Islam was a network state. Israel is a network state. The US was practically a network state. Now combine religion with technocracy. There are methods to establish new states with mobile populations (The Philippines has like 20% of their revenue coming from overseas workers?) A shared constitution/theology (same thing, they're law codes), leadership that communicates via multimedia platforms (US was built on the back of newspapers), telebanking/cryptocurrencies backed by actual commodities, and cooperative economics. There's nothing sci-fi about it except that the will to change systems doesn't become popular until there is a stress factor. The US is a mafia state now with fake media (including this shit), oligarchs/monopolies, and rampant crime. We won't oush for a coup in China vecause our masters have moved their industries to China. China is to us what the US was to The UK, a bank stabilized via army and popular support. China will buy out our politicians and life in this country will get harder for everyday Americans. That will push for the emergence of new colonization societies like what African-Americans did with Liberia and Jewish Europeans did with Israel. It's not going to be some new concept where people of all backgrounds come together and create a stateless state, it will be old school Zionist organizations operating via modern technology. You could go into greater detail, but it's unnecessary. Mafias are network states today.
This guy talks as if India is a paradise when in fact it is just another country with its own problems. Also, he constantly speaks as if Democrat politicians set the standards for American culture. He uses COVID policies to back this up, but it shouldn't be too difficult to reason out that the only reason COVID policies were what they were was because the Democrats were in power. In the state governments I viewed at the time, Republican politicians were constantly fighting against Democrat policies. In sum, I don't really trust this guy. Writing a book is difficult. It baffles me that someone could spend so much energy on such a project when their logic is so flawed.
The Republican party has zero impact on American culture. The overturning of Roe v Wade is the only social victory they have had in decades. Social conservatism is dead. The only reason the party clings to power at all is by pulling in socially liberal people who think the left is too woke. The "Barstool conservatives" Saagar constantly mentions. The face of the Republican party is a former Democrat who used to support the Clintons and hang in liberal elite circles. That says it all.
@@peoples2296 I think maybe comparing influences on culture may not achieve much because both influence and culture can be pretty abstract. I can easily envision a number of counter arguments to your culture point, but I can also see that it doesn't really lead anywhere. It is kind of like asking who wins between Superman and Batman. I think it is easier to put forward a counterpoint to Srinivasan's COVID example and say that Americans were absolutely not of a single mind on COVID policies and if the Republicans were in power at the time, COVID policy would have been far different. Thus, Democrat COVID policy does not make a good case to generalize American behavior, nor would any highly divisive issue.
1:08:15 "They're way smarter than we are, look at the way they engineer their TikTok algorithm to encourage the best things..." It will never stop baffling me how obsessed political commentators are with social media and consumer electronics, like these are the most important things in the world. If you think "TikTok's algorithm" is what ultimately will tip the scale in China's favour, I don't even know what to tell you.
@@deenzmartin6695 Saagar literally spoke about "tiktok's algorithm" as if it was indicative of how far China had progressed compared to the US. My comment was not just about that, but the constant focus he (and other pundits on this show) have on SoMe companies and consumer electronics. So often when they say stuff like "They produce everything" they just mean consumer electronics.
I will watch all Balaji's interviews. He has such a interesting perspective and is just full of knowledge. Love hearing from such a thoughtful and humble guest.
Meh. Just another Jordan Peterson for a different set of of worshipping slaves.
He might be the single best person to learn from (depending on what you want to learn about of course)
Balaji making the podcast rounds, awesome!
Balaji is sooo smart and seems to have no ego about it. His lack of sacred cow thinking makes him even more credible and authentic. He’s brilliant and is a builder of ideas rather than a destroyer of ideas. Unique these days.
Im about 90 pages into the Network state. Really interesting take we will see how it is built out.
Yes Sir!!! I'm reading his book and it's crazy how many dots he just connect in my head
Damn. Totally agree with his statements on where this is headed. Great job again fellas
I love listening to Balaji
Saggar’s sigh of relief 1:42:11 had me laughing
Awesome episode
@♜ Pínned_By The Realignment wow next level scamming here
Patiently waiting.
Balaji made a sports reference :O lol(23:52)
“could you in 15 seconds” 44:15
Marshall learned his lesson lmao
Thank you
Would you guys ever add the “Clips feature”?
Time stamps…will be updated with continued listening
1:55 Why Write A Book?
3:00 Why Is the Book organized and published in the way it is?
6:10 Why publish on Amazon?
7:54 Picking the right metrics
balaji is great as always but I don't really agree with his behavioral immune system analogy with the gun control thing. One can avoid bad milk but one cannot avoid someone attacking you physically. Sure, one can avoid bad areas of the town but what if bad people come to your house?
So what if you had this sort of all knowing data production type system. So the technological convergence happens unlimited production. Where does this go where does it end up?
33:53 This is the entire way the word "democracy" has been used since 2016. How many headlines have we seen saying "Trump can't be allowed to run again, in the name of democracy", or calling the 2014 Ukrainian coup "a victory for pro democracy forces"?
TH-cam is bugged. I put the playback speed to *Normal,* but it's still playing at 1.5x... 😅 Dude probably did too much blow before the podcast.
The goat
drinking game, every time balaji says "have you heard of" and you answer no you drink
"Democrat Party". Well at least we know what circles he travels in ;)
For as much as I find him interesting and smart....his political biases and blind spots are glaring. Limits much of his perspective and who will actually listen to the ideas...too bad.
I love Balaji, he has a great mind. But his odd conversational tick of constantly asking “Do you know what X is” is annoying and he should work on rephrasing that habit.
I'd like som push back in the China is for the Han privilege status, other have said the govt actually spends a ton of money appealing to outlying tributaries and creates political friction
I swear Homer Simpson tried to do this in one episode 🤔
Loving that fake library background haha
there are people who like to read
@@MrBearcatjew Marshall’s background is actually fake. What are you talking about.
It's funny because I think Marshall actually has a real bookshelf in his apartment lmao
Monero..
Alex Epstein moral case for fossil fuels
venture communist, lol
This man went two hours and said nothing of utility. He did not break down the methods of building a network state, he bounced from topic to topic regarding international politics and he had some crazy theories about things to happen on the world stage.
Calling Network states "crazy," "sci-fi," over and over again while you pretend to be advocating for them as an excuse to talk about Bitcoin?
Islam was a network state. Israel is a network state. The US was practically a network state. Now combine religion with technocracy. There are methods to establish new states with mobile populations (The Philippines has like 20% of their revenue coming from overseas workers?) A shared constitution/theology (same thing, they're law codes), leadership that communicates via multimedia platforms (US was built on the back of newspapers), telebanking/cryptocurrencies backed by actual commodities, and cooperative economics. There's nothing sci-fi about it except that the will to change systems doesn't become popular until there is a stress factor.
The US is a mafia state now with fake media (including this shit), oligarchs/monopolies, and rampant crime. We won't oush for a coup in China vecause our masters have moved their industries to China. China is to us what the US was to The UK, a bank stabilized via army and popular support. China will buy out our politicians and life in this country will get harder for everyday Americans. That will push for the emergence of new colonization societies like what African-Americans did with Liberia and Jewish Europeans did with Israel. It's not going to be some new concept where people of all backgrounds come together and create a stateless state, it will be old school Zionist organizations operating via modern technology. You could go into greater detail, but it's unnecessary. Mafias are network states today.
This guy talks as if India is a paradise when in fact it is just another country with its own problems. Also, he constantly speaks as if Democrat politicians set the standards for American culture. He uses COVID policies to back this up, but it shouldn't be too difficult to reason out that the only reason COVID policies were what they were was because the Democrats were in power. In the state governments I viewed at the time, Republican politicians were constantly fighting against Democrat policies.
In sum, I don't really trust this guy. Writing a book is difficult. It baffles me that someone could spend so much energy on such a project when their logic is so flawed.
The Republican party has zero impact on American culture. The overturning of Roe v Wade is the only social victory they have had in decades. Social conservatism is dead. The only reason the party clings to power at all is by pulling in socially liberal people who think the left is too woke. The "Barstool conservatives" Saagar constantly mentions. The face of the Republican party is a former Democrat who used to support the Clintons and hang in liberal elite circles. That says it all.
@@peoples2296 I think maybe comparing influences on culture may not achieve much because both influence and culture can be pretty abstract. I can easily envision a number of counter arguments to your culture point, but I can also see that it doesn't really lead anywhere. It is kind of like asking who wins between Superman and Batman.
I think it is easier to put forward a counterpoint to Srinivasan's COVID example and say that Americans were absolutely not of a single mind on COVID policies and if the Republicans were in power at the time, COVID policy would have been far different. Thus, Democrat COVID policy does not make a good case to generalize American behavior, nor would any highly divisive issue.
1:08:15
"They're way smarter than we are, look at the way they engineer their TikTok algorithm to encourage the best things..."
It will never stop baffling me how obsessed political commentators are with social media and consumer electronics, like these are the most important things in the world. If you think "TikTok's algorithm" is what ultimately will tip the scale in China's favour, I don't even know what to tell you.
Lol this is a copy pasta
@@existentialcharactor2802 Saagar's comment or mine?
literally nobody said that tiktok's algorithm "will tip the scale in china's favor."
@@deenzmartin6695 Saagar literally spoke about "tiktok's algorithm" as if it was indicative of how far China had progressed compared to the US. My comment was not just about that, but the constant focus he (and other pundits on this show) have on SoMe companies and consumer electronics. So often when they say stuff like "They produce everything" they just mean consumer electronics.
@@IageF he spoke about it. he didn't say what you said he said. that was an inference you made.
FYI at 43:59
China has equal rights for all ethnic minorities
Equal rights for all women
Full voting rights for all
All written in its constitution
The Democratic Republic of North Korea also calls themselves a Democratic Republic.
and kim jong un has a 100% approval rating!
Great to see a troll. The Chinese have no respect for human rights, and most people know it.
More crypto cheerleaders to the rescue 😐
33:12 link to chart:
merics.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/171004_MPOC_05_Ideologies_0_web_2.pdf
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