Barry Weiss

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Five, five years later, yeah.

Five, five years later, yeah.

Five, five years later, yeah.

What did you feel like before you hit send on that blog post?

What did you feel like before you hit send on that blog post?

What did you feel like before you hit send on that blog post?

Brian, there's a piece that I worked on a few years ago now with one of the most interesting, provocative, strange people on the Internet, Balaji Srinivasan. And the piece was a reaction to something that Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's longtime right-hand man, had said that year. I think it was 2022 at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting. And I want to read it to you.

Brian, there's a piece that I worked on a few years ago now with one of the most interesting, provocative, strange people on the Internet, Balaji Srinivasan. And the piece was a reaction to something that Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's longtime right-hand man, had said that year. I think it was 2022 at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting. And I want to read it to you.

Brian, there's a piece that I worked on a few years ago now with one of the most interesting, provocative, strange people on the Internet, Balaji Srinivasan. And the piece was a reaction to something that Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's longtime right-hand man, had said that year. I think it was 2022 at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting. And I want to read it to you.

He said, of course, I hate the Bitcoin success. I should say modestly that the whole damn development is disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization. And Balaji's piece was extremely interesting because what he basically said was,

He said, of course, I hate the Bitcoin success. I should say modestly that the whole damn development is disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization. And Balaji's piece was extremely interesting because what he basically said was,

He said, of course, I hate the Bitcoin success. I should say modestly that the whole damn development is disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization. And Balaji's piece was extremely interesting because what he basically said was,

The reason that Charlie Munger thinks that Bitcoin or crypto is an enemy of civilization is because he implicitly identifies civilization with the Pax Americana, with sort of implicit American empire and the order that it erected in the aftermath of World War II. And here's what Balaji wrote. And I've gone back and reread this a lot of times. I think it's a very provocative vision.

The reason that Charlie Munger thinks that Bitcoin or crypto is an enemy of civilization is because he implicitly identifies civilization with the Pax Americana, with sort of implicit American empire and the order that it erected in the aftermath of World War II. And here's what Balaji wrote. And I've gone back and reread this a lot of times. I think it's a very provocative vision.

The reason that Charlie Munger thinks that Bitcoin or crypto is an enemy of civilization is because he implicitly identifies civilization with the Pax Americana, with sort of implicit American empire and the order that it erected in the aftermath of World War II. And here's what Balaji wrote. And I've gone back and reread this a lot of times. I think it's a very provocative vision.

He says this, that order worked very well for a time. It produced peace and prosperity in the Western world. It outlasted the Soviet Union and it gave rise to the digital revolution that's the driving force of our era. Not bad. But the post-war order is now showing its age.

He says this, that order worked very well for a time. It produced peace and prosperity in the Western world. It outlasted the Soviet Union and it gave rise to the digital revolution that's the driving force of our era. Not bad. But the post-war order is now showing its age.