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“Nothing against Stephenson, he's amazing. But the inspiration for the Network State is not really the fictional Snow Crash, it's the very real state of Israel.” source
Investor and author of The Network State
Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and author of The Network State. He was CTO of Coinbase and a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford. He is one of the most prolific book recommenders on X, threading picks on crypto, history, and governance. Selections below come from his interviews, podcasts, tweets, and The Anthology of Balaji.
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All Balaji Srinivasan book recommendations.
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“A network state is a highly aligned online community with a capacity for collective action that crowdfunds territory around the world and eventually gains diplomatic recognition from pre-existing states.” source
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“If I were stuck on a desert island this is the one book I want, because it's basically all of math. It's written by a Fields Medalist who is also an extremely good editor and writer.” source
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“With Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas Antonopoulos wrote one of the best technical books on digital currency. With The Internet of Money, he's matched that feat by compiling his talks into one of the best books on Bitcoin for a broad audience. Highly recommended!” source
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“What's the next step for the global freedom class, for all the people who called crypto early, for those deploying adventure capital? Read this after you read the Sovereign Individual.” source
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“The Sovereign Individual forecast the defi matrix too.” source
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“It's kind of like the book of prophecies. It was written in 1999, and you open it and you read through it, and many of the sentences seem like they were ripped from last week's headlines.” source
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“Exit is actually an extremely important force in complement to voice. Voice gains much more attention when people are leaving in droves.” source
Readers with overlapping taste
