What really happened with Windsurf, Figma, and the FTC? New pod with @stevesi & @eriktorenberg of a16z. 2:25 Techlash 3:23 No regulators for computers 6:04 Network vs state 25:02 M&A review 32:04 M&A power law 44:05 What happened with Windsurf? 01:14:16 Winning by legislating

Here's the podcast that @BritishHodl and many Bitcoiners liked. 0:00 - Introduction 1:32 - West vs East 6:33 - The ascending world 10:30 - Denying while declining 14:00 - Millionaire migration map 18:20 - Several exponentials 20:10 - Four factions (Blue, Red, China, Internet) 25:00 - Red America v China 33:05 - Blue America v Internet 39:35 - Geographical splits 43:52 - Dollar inflation is global taxation 49:30 - Left and right ending their empire 1:07:20 - Superbitcoinization Is already here 1:26:00 - The Internet frontier 1:32:00 - Sovereign debt crisis 1:42:00 - Full faith and credit 1:45:00 - Where's talent moving? 1:48:00 - On India 1:54:00 - Network vs State 2:03:00 - No graceful climbdown 2:06:00 - Bankrupt states break commitments 2:12:00 - Version 3.0 2:14:30 - The Internet Century

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I think @PeterMcCormack released the single most important podcast of 2025 with @balajis on Bitcoin & the future with an alternative consideration to the heavy one sided opinions we normally hear - with data & facts. MUST LISTEN & CONSIDER 👑

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Corporations solved immortality. Partially.

We could address this via constrained execution. Constrain output length, like the 140 character limit on Twitter. Or constrain the runtime, like real-time mode in Linux.

Perhaps obvious, but... The US government doesn't make money by taxing (like many presume) or by manufacturing (like many desire) but instead by printing. That is, it makes money by administering a global financial empire. And dollar inflation is global taxation.

The decline in social trust is a Western phenomenon. And particularly an American phenomenon. Because the opposite is happening abroad. Look at Edelman's trust numbers for China and India. They've been ascending with technology.

A republic, not an empire. But what does that mean? For Britain, it meant decline.