Phil Bonello (@PhilJBonello) joins Erik on this episode. They Discuss:

- Building an investment thesis around The Sovereign Individual
- The future of nation states
- Crypto’s role in self-sovereignty
- What will lead to user adoption of crypto
- Why is censorship on the rise
- How has the logic of violence evolved over time
- The future of cities
- How does education need to respond to the Information age
- The future of fiat currencies
- The defensibility of bitcoin
- Valuation models for crypto assets
- The promise of governance tokens
- Why haven’t prediction markets taken off
- What are decentralized networks uniquely suited for
- What’s going to be the biggest milestone in crypto in the next couple of years

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