Legacy Media Is Lying To You - Balaji Srinivasan - #519
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,...
August 29, 2022
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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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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:17) Mental Information Management
(11:43) How to Become More Discerning with Media
(18:08) Men Are Losing Testosterone
(19:43) The Death of Legacy Media
(23:38) Maintaining a Healthy Information Diet
(34:27) Balaji’s Social Media Habits
(39:20) How does Balaji Predict the Future?
(51:11) How will Immigration Deal with Remote Working?
(1:00:50) Technology’s Impact on Conflict
(1:09:24) Lessons from Living in Singapore
(1:22:00) The Problem with American Politics
(1:45:56) Where to Find Balaji
Extra Stuff:
Read The Network State - https://thenetworkstate.com/
Check out Balaji's website - https://balajis.com/
Follow Balaji on Twitter - https://twitter.com/balajis
Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/
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