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Roko Mijic: Defects, Defection, and the Future of Governance
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Roko Mijic: Defects, Defection, and the Future of Governance

Why Resentment Changed the World and Why Crypto Will Do It Again
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Roko Mijic is a rationalist, writer of the Heretical Update newsletter, and the inventor of “Roko’s Basilisk”.

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Timestamps:

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21:30 Signalling

42:00 Lockdowns

57:30 Selection Effects

1:09:00 Feminism and Housing

2:09:00 Crypto

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