Balaji Srinivasan opens up about Indians, network states, crypto and more!

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Balaji Srinivasan joins the Good Time Show to cover a number of amazing topics!
00:00 - Welcome to the Good Time Show
03:33- Who is our guest - Balaji Srinivasan
08:26 - Balaji joins the show
10:43 - Balaji’s YC Startup School 2013
16:23 - Super Soldier Serum, FDA bureaucracy and life extension
23:45 - Ramanujan, one of the greatest mathematicians
32:23 - Why Balaji thinks differently (exits enable alternatives)
42:32 - Building The Network State
53:08 - What is transhumanism?
1:04:04 - The Network State in One Sentence
1:18:34 - Exit to world vs. Exit to community
1:21:45 - The Network State in One Image
1:35:20 - Why Balaji is bullish on Indians
1:42:58 - Advice to young Indians
1:52:59 - How Balaji predicted Covid-19
2:24:05 - What do you think about Elon Musk?
2:31:35 - AI and AGI: should we worry?
2:38:32 - Balaji’s secret to being productive?
2:47:04 - How to get fit and healthy: avoid bureaucrats
2:59:33 - Best 3 Cities to live your best life
3:03:21 - Balaji's vision for 2080: meaning and purpose
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@AarthiAndSriram 2 жыл бұрын

Apologies for the echo/audio issues on this. We are hoping to fix it for future episodes and also fix it in the clips for this conversation with Balaji.

@anshulgaming6690 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from rural area of india🇮🇳 start learning skills though KZfaq. I found your content very helpful thanks love from Rural area. Around AGRA' INDIA♥️🇮🇳😊

@deenzmartin6695 2 жыл бұрын

JAI BHOLE KI

@anshulgaming6690 2 жыл бұрын

@@deenzmartin6695 jai bhole ki bhai🇮🇳✅😊

@nicojochnick 2 жыл бұрын

Love the pod and great guest. One small suggestion is to let your guests finish their points more often. There were a couple times when Balaji was interrupted mid-thought, and I would have really liked to hear him finish!

@misterzucker4131 2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Their questions were not as interesting as his finished thought would have been. And balaji is smart enough to bring it back up the stack and finish his ideas.

@guscouto 2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Please take this feedback kindly, but Balaji was inturrupted before closings his tought so many times. It was a bit frustrating. Great questions and conversation otherwise. Thank you guest and hosts.

@iseelovelaces 2 жыл бұрын

This!

@spol 2 жыл бұрын

Yes totally annoying. I understand they wanna stay on point but sometimes a point must meander. Trust your guests thought patterns.

@salilseth6704 2 жыл бұрын

that's literally the worse thing about this episode!

@onlybryanliu 2 жыл бұрын

Can you guys let him speak without interjecting?

@CuriousKidVibe Жыл бұрын

I agree, he is not able to complete his sentences.

@praveenmetri8970 Жыл бұрын

Yeah !!!

@SaroopBharwani 2 жыл бұрын

Aarthi and Sriram - thanks for asking questions that no one else asks. This was a side of Balaji I’ve never seen before. Great episode.

@AarthiAndSriram 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Really appreciate it :)

@benediktk.7414 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how the US would have gotten through COVID if Balaji had taken the top job at the FDA

@AarthiAndSriram 2 жыл бұрын

Probably would have fared a lot better

@maricrisbonzo7879 2 жыл бұрын

So awesome. I love how y’all asked him about his life - it was great learning more about Balaji & how his life evolution led to The Network State. TYSM for a great episode!

@maricrisbonzo7879 2 жыл бұрын

ALSO, thank you so much for sharing an outline that links to specific questions. It's such a great add that makes the shows more accessible!

@ketanbutala6972 2 жыл бұрын

shriram making aarti of balaji ( only Indians will get this )

@bengreenfield4015 2 жыл бұрын

Recommend being more patient in allowing your guest to finish their thoughts. Great content but the interviewers continuously disrupted the flow of the conversation.

@BabaG 2 жыл бұрын

thats an competitive indian thing i.e. need to interject to let people know you also are adding value :)...

@spol 2 жыл бұрын

@@BabaG a lot of cultures do that actually. It’s annoying no matter what race you are.

@conformist 2 жыл бұрын

they need to stop interrupting balaji when he's going off. i wanted to hear him more talk about some things, like how he's being productive.

@akshaysubramaniam8963 2 жыл бұрын

Ehh i think balaji does tend to ramble and overdo analogies so good for hosts to intervene and simplify

@nupuramit 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode. Just a feedback. Let you guest talk. He is obviously more knowledgeable and we can nudge him but not put yourself in the middle of everything.

@InkaHacker 2 жыл бұрын

Balaji's book is a 10 but it doesn't have night mode

@apro009 2 жыл бұрын

I love listening to Balaji but could not listen to the entire thing here. Please stop digressing and interrupting the guy.

@EidurMoller 2 жыл бұрын

Sriram, you need to wear headphones, the audio of this great content is unlistenable because of your bad mic control.

@sarasimpson9885 Жыл бұрын

Very true. It's kinda annoying when Sriram starts speaking - he's super loud when compared to other speakers. Hurts ears real bad!

@nandanb.kenchappa8211 Жыл бұрын

Felt like wow! I wish to see Balaji’s dream come true. Thanks you Arathi & Sriram for hosting and for this podcast.

@nityasridhar 2 жыл бұрын

Huge fan of your questions Aarthi, felt like your reactions mirrored mine as I was watching :) 2 hours in & really great episode

@sarasimpson9885 Жыл бұрын

Balaji is literally a walking encyclopedia. Huge respect for this guy 🙏 🫡

@yz-kj6ww Жыл бұрын

Watched it some time ago, loved it

@Abhshk_Krv Жыл бұрын

Really good questioning, well done you guys, Balaji was awesome, obviously.

@AkshayKhurana 2 жыл бұрын

He's such a Gemini. The gift of the gab and the endless curiosity. Love this man.

@balajisrinivasanclips Жыл бұрын

He's brilliant isn't he

@Finite8614 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview! Sriram my guy your mic is hot! Overpowers everyone

@vijay_pagare 2 жыл бұрын

Forget about the content... just observe when Aarthi looks at Sriram ❤️❤️✨ (it's so magical!)

@SriramKrishnanOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Aww, yes!!! :)

@aarthiramamurthy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@GoyankaParth 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@shivshaktisharma8033 2 жыл бұрын

great podcast ... wating for next podcast ... love from india .

@AarthiAndSriram 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@luciaconk 2 жыл бұрын

Guys: great content, but you score a D on production quality… balaji’s mic is soft compared to yours, and most of the episode has an echo on balaji…

@AarthiAndSriram 2 жыл бұрын

Agree - need to sort out the live stream audio issues (less options to post produce when live)

@dhyeyy 2 жыл бұрын

thx to tanmay I found this jodd pod

@BerkeleyWanner 2 жыл бұрын

Any suggestions for what accounts to follow to learn more about the "Indian network"?

@pranavmarla Жыл бұрын

Nice to see Balaji smiling so much in an interview lol. Great podcast as always guys!

@p4r7h-v 2 жыл бұрын

Epic

@MrAcenit 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing episode

@akshaydalvi2317 2 жыл бұрын

The interviewer was too jumpy! Let the man talk!

@deenzmartin6695 2 жыл бұрын

it's as if he was on meth.

@DilipKumar-oo5sb Жыл бұрын

Arthi and Sriram, Thanks for this episode and all the episode that you guys are doing. You guys spread positivity and also inspire people in many ways.

@AarthiAndSriram Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@anaghnair 2 жыл бұрын

Good listen! Need balaji more on here to just talk about random things and not just AGI and AI xD. Cracked out when Aarthi asked him how can you get jacked by having 'tayyir saadam' 😝

@aarthiramamurthy 2 жыл бұрын

Right? I still don't have an answer to the question :D

@billykrushbeats 2 жыл бұрын

I was here … 2022 …great show ✊

@AzadBalabanian 2 жыл бұрын

Great show, but... you seriously need to wear headphones or turn down your guest's voice volume locally. The vocal feedback is super bad both for the guest + for the playback afterwards

@tomorrowtoday4746 2 жыл бұрын

Soooo good 🥳🥳🥳

@AarthiAndSriram 2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@naiyayika 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know he's a TB. Thayir Sadam is an emotion.

@pjos6406 2 жыл бұрын

I've learned a lot of things from Mr Srinivasan but the incidence of humans shitting in public in San Francisco tops them all

@user-xn8fr3mx6d 2 жыл бұрын

Great guest, but you guys need to get better at not interrupting the guest and each other. If the guest is going off track please have a polite way to get the guest back on track.

@na-mj2xj Жыл бұрын

35:11 Übermensch reference

@nalinavasthi5074 2 жыл бұрын

Great show! But please, please stop interrupting him… let him finish.

@deenzmartin6695 2 жыл бұрын

interesting convo (although you should've let balaji talk more without being interrupted and the sound quality was bad and echoey times). annoying intro.

@LouisMcK 2 жыл бұрын

good ep but pleese fixed mic

@tstcikhthys 2 ай бұрын

For how incredibly & wicked smart Balaji is, it makes me chuckle how bad he is at pronunciations. "Forage" as "foh-raazh"; "route" as "raoot"; and "Taoiseach" as "tao-seech"? Lol.

@swagv Жыл бұрын

Still not convinced by the Jordan Peterson for the crypto set.

@sam1285 Жыл бұрын

Man Balaji jacked photos when?

@praveenmetri8970 Жыл бұрын

Come on man ..!!! Let him speak

@aiyerk 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you’ll discuss the major conflicts between Iyers and Iyengars

@vinayakjaiswal9976 Жыл бұрын

1-8

@sumanthmurthy1642 2 жыл бұрын

Hang on. “Decline in state capacity is bipartisan”. I’m not sure whether that’s completely true Sriram and Aarthi. For one thing, when it comes to waging wars abroad and being warmongers BOTH sides are in agreement and have no qualms sending weapons and money (Ukraine) or deploying massive numbers of troops to distant countries and completely f*** them up (Iraq and Libya and Afghanistan and Cambodia and Vietnam). The military spending is generally agreed upon by EVERYONE in the US government. So there’s SOME agreement, unfortunately in the evil direction.

@moyenaak Жыл бұрын

Sriram, please don't interrupt while Balaji talks. It is very annoying!

@ramana1729 Жыл бұрын

Blue ticks becoming more racist - what a prescient observation 🙂

@akshaysubramaniam8963 2 жыл бұрын

Far be it from me to disagree with an intellect like Balaji but i think he grossly underestimates (likely due to lack of familiarity?) India’s potential to be a manufacturing and industrial powerhouse. Making content and doing punditry for American liberals is all v good but it’s the physical that will determine greatness (or lack thereof).