#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights

Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:36)
- Universal human rights (22:35) - Authoritarianism (32:46) - AIs
impact on civil liberties (44:09) - Edward Snowden and government
surveillance (47:48) - Money (52:01) - Bitcoin (1:07:48) -
Government response to Bitcoin (1:18:19) - The blockchain (1:23:42)
- Can Bitcoin fail? (1:26:33) - Bitcoin scams (1:30:17) -
Patriotism (1:32:41) - Human Rights Foundation (1:37:15) - Conflict
with China (1:40:05) - Corporate accountability (1:55:27) - Garry
Kasparov and the HRF (2:00:36) - Journalism, conversations, and
truth (2:07:50) - Alex's book recommendations (2:15:56) - Attacks
on Bitcoin (2:17:35) - The future of humanity (2:21:57) - Advice
for young people (2:33:13) - Meaning of life