Sep 22, 2021
This is a classic Ryan-and-David only episode. With no guest, we dive into David's recent article "The Metaverse Emerges." What is the Metaverse? Raoul Pal described it as digital fluidity on our recent episode with him.
Composable digital objects, a network economy, scaling social structures... whatever it is, Nation States aren't ready for the incoming metaversal explosion. Are you?
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
7:00 Cryptoeconomic Nation State
10:45 Seeing Like The State
18:50 Humanity’s Faustian Bargain
23:30 Seeing Like The Protocol
28:45 The Metaverse
32:00 Metaversal Objects
35:40 Centralization
39:21 Neutrality & Density
46:10 Slowly Manifesting
54:00 Avatars & Identity
59:41 Fluid Value
1:06:25 Ethereum’s Role
1:10:33 Blockchain Taxes
1:15:45 ETH as Metaverse Money
1:22:35 It’s All Metaverse
1:27:43 Closing & Disclaimers
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