Balaji: Communities are defined by shared mindsets rather than physical geography
Balaji Sr i n i v a s a n · Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale · Aug 11, 2021 · at 38:17
Balaji Srinivasan, angel investor and former CTO of Coinbase, discusses the concept of the network state with Joe Lonsdale on American Optimist.
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“So the fundamental assumptions behind geographic polities where people who are near each other share cultural norms and therefore agree on laws. And, you know, therefore can resolve disputes because they're in the same community and they have some degree of consensus. Those assumptions are being invalidated. Communities are not geographical. They are communities of mind.”
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