Jason Calacanis is the co-host of All-In and one of Silicon Valley's most successful angels. We discuss Network School, startup societies, voting with your feet, and strengthening democratic rights in a digital age. If these ideas interest you, we're building startup societies at Network School. You can apply online at https://ns.com. OUTLINE 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - Network School is the first node of a network society 08:43 - The internet is where everyone is equal 15:30 - Startup societies are about your right to self-determination 20:44 - Why did Jason get questioned and attacked for moving to Texas? 29:13 - Jason is heartbroken by how the world is talking about America 31:16 - Britain, America, the Internet: The succession of empires 36:35 - The future is China versus the Internet 41:39 - If the U.S. is unpredictable, the world will look for more predictable partners 46:26 - Hard power is China, and hard money is Bitcoin 55:14 - Countries will not exist without gold or digital gold REFERENCES (1) The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com (2) Tomorrow, the World: https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-World-Birth-Global-Supremacy-ebook/dp/B08FGDS5GW/ (3) Pete Hegseth: "China is Building An Army to Defeat America”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WRj8JFNkiM&t=277s (4) Chinese shipbuilding capacity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOf_FlWzICM&t=3774s (5) Starbase Vote: https://x.com/balajis/status/1922929915202240532 (6) Growth in UN Membership: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/growth-in-un-membership (7) The US Military is Made in China: https://www.govini.com/insights/numbers-matter-defense-acquisition-u-s-production-capacity-and-deterring-china (8) California is not a democracy: https://balajis.com/p/california-is-not-a-democracy (9) BlackRock CEO warning about Bitcoin: https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/blackrock-ceo-warns-bitcoin-could-replace-us-dollar-as-global-reserve-currency-crypto-etfs-witness-inflows-202503312145 (10) Plunge Protection Team: https://www.mypivots.com/dictionary/definition/5168/plunge-protection-team-ppt-definition-and-how-it-works (11) Dollar Devalued 100 Million× vs Bitcoin: https://x.com/balajis/status/1930674912240562522 (12) China Tops Nature Index as Dominance of High-quality Science: https://thechinaacademy.org/once-again-china-tops-nature-index-as-dominance-of-high-quality-science/ (13) China's Exports by Region: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-chinas-exports-by-region-2000-2022/ (14) China’s 200X Shipbuilding Capacity: https://www.twz.com/alarming-navy-intel-slide-warns-of-chinas-200-times-greater-shipbuilding-capacity (15) The US military is made in China: https://x.com/balajis/status/1811864350833148145 (16) The Billionaire Flippening: https://balajis.com/p/the-billionaire-flippening (17) Facebook and Zynga tear up their contract: https://money.cnn.com/2012/11/29/technology/social/facebook-zynga/ (18) Twitter and Meerkat: https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/13/8213255/twitter-cuts-meerkat-off-from-its-social-graph-just-as-sxsw-gets SOCIAL https://x.com/jason https://ns.com
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