ClaimsBalaji Srinivasan

“I think we’ve just begun the global internet Cold War”

Balaji Srinivasan, interviewee on The Tim Ferriss Show 25 March 2021 Tim Ferriss Show #506 Balaji Srinivasan transcript (tim.blog) archived copy

Prediction Other global risks

A global internet Cold War, in which social and currency networks compete for ideological and economic dominance, has just begun.

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Vague, metaphorical claim with undefined terms.

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Balaji Srinivasan, “A global internet Cold War, in which social and currency networks compete for ideological and economic dominance, has just begun.” (said 25 March 2021). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_c3f9c936fa30, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_c3f9c936fa30

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