197 - Software Eating the State with Sammuel Hammond

<p>Is software eating the nation state? Technologies like crypto and AI are about to fundamentally restructure society from the bottom up. We brought economist and writer, Sam Hammond on to predict how society will be reorganized under this new paradigm and how those in power will respond.</p> <p>Sam Hammond is an economist for the Foundation for American Innovation, a think tank advising policies in DC whose slogan reads, “Build Tech. Promote Freedom.” Freedom and Tech. We like those two things on Bankless - and we're also concerned with the project of how to protect them in a world where software starts to eat the nation state (and the nation state feels threatened). </p> <p>------<br /> ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode:<br /> <a href= "https://www.bankless.com/debrief-sam-hammond">https://www.bankless.com/debrief-sam-hammond</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT">https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "%E2%81%A0https:/k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2%C2%A0%20%E2%81%A0">⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠</a></p> <p>🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING<br /> <a href= "%E2%81%A0https:/bankless.cc/MetaMask">⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask </a></p> <p>⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "%E2%81%A0https:/bankless.cc/Arbitrum%20%E2%81%A0">⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠ </a></p> <p>🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Celo">https://bankless.cc/Celo</a> </p> <p>👾GMX | V2 IS NOW LIVE <br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/GMX">https://bankless.cc/GMX</a> </p> <p>💲 USDV | NATIVE OMNICHAIN STABLECOIN<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/usdv">https://bankless.cc/usdv</a>  </p> <p>------<br /> TIMESTAMPS</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:48 Sam’s Take on Crypto<br /> 9:50 Nation State’s Hate on Crypto<br /> 14:53 Post-Printing Press <br /> 20:55 Crypto, AI, & The Internet <br /> 25:40 Tech