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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

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Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? And in this crypto algorithm, they said, well, since we're all making this distributed ledger, we now have provably unique digital items that I can send to you, Eric. Do we need more regulation in this area or less?

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Out of the Crisis #17: Max Henderson on Covid Act Now, exponential growth, and how to help

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As the son of immigrants from Cuba and Germany, Max has deep faith in the power of American ingenuity. They had an incredibly effective pressure campaign that helped ordinary citizens write their Mayor, write their governor with simple metrics like, "If we don't shut down, this many people will die." It's been an interesting time.