Citizen

“See, the state, by definition, runs and operates on information asymmetry and power asymmetry. I have enormous information, but I don't give everything to the citizen. Therefore, I can control you. Whereas, that's what gives me power to the state executive app…”

“Even simple things like, if you have to get your, ah, documents attested, you know, ah, 10 years ago, it was that, 10 or 11 years ago, you had to go to an officer of the government, and he will certify you are what you are, or who you are. Today, ah, ah, the c…”

“Again, these wars, the investments in bullets and bombs really don't benefit the citizens. I think a lot of these wars are negative in that regard. Whereas if we can redirect those funds and those intentions and these young boys I see fighting in these wars, l…”

“Governments become insanely and dangerously powerful when their citizens cannot say what they believe is true or not.”

“Citizen might be the most perfect use case for it.”

“So I think it's important that we see our economy as essentially, you know, a giant corporation where, as citizens, we are stockholders, and we should get a return On our investment that we're investing in these technologies.”