152 - Why Can't We Have Nice Things | Liv Boeree
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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2023
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the Episode:
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/liv-boeree
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Liv Boeree is a former professional poker player, master of game theory, systems thinker, and keen understander of the world of complex systems and the human experience.
She also is one of the few people out there in the world teaching about the lessons of Moloch— the study of human coordination—and is the reason why we wanted to have her on Bankless.
In the episode, Liv makes it clear how Moloch is more than an idea. Coordination and competition failures are happening in every aspect of our lives. Is crypto the solution?
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Topics Covered
0:00 Intro
8:24 Getting to Moloch
14:25 Meditations on Moloch
17:30 Defining Moloch
19:40 Unhealthy Competition or Coordination Failure
25:00 Nuclear Proliferation
26:30 Cancer
27:58 Moloch’s Ancient Analogy
31:18 Centralization
36:10 The Prisoner’s Dilemma
38:50 When Moloch is the Most Dangerous
43:50 How to Slay Moloch
52:10 Capitalism
59:44 Defining Moloch Cont.
1:02:20 Changing the Underlying Systems
1:08:20 Crypto & Coordination
1:15:15 Moloch’s All the Way Down
1:18:15 Moloch Isn’t One Thing
1:20:00 Better System Design
1:27:23 Crypto’s Moloch Problem
1:32:32 Moloch Takeaways
1:34:42 Liv’s Personal Moloch Connection
1:37:02 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Liv on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Liv_Boeree
The Evolution of Trust
https://ncase.me/trust/
Meditations on Moloch
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
The Goddess of Everything Else
https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/08/17/the-goddess-of-everything-else-2/
Moloch - The Beauty Wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fifVuhgvQQ8
Ethereum Slayer of Moloch
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-slayer-of-moloch-
Previous Bankless Podcast: Slaying Moloch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=903tHM4RA9k
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier of internet money and internet finance. |
| 0:11.4 | This is how to get started, how to get better and how to front run the opportunity. |
| 0:14.8 | This is Ryan Sean Adams. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm here with David Hoffman and we're here to help you become more bankless. |
| 0:20.6 | Guys, we have a fantastic guest today. |
| 0:23.6 | Liv Borey is on the podcast today. |
| 0:25.3 | He is a Game Theory expert, a legendary poker player and an extremely interesting person. |
| 0:30.4 | Some takeaways for you today. |
| 0:32.1 | Number one, after this episode, we think you'll be able to answer the question, why can't |
| 0:36.4 | we have nice things? |
| 0:38.2 | Important question. |
| 0:39.2 | Number two, you'll see how cancer and nuclear proliferation are actually the same problem |
| 0:44.5 | and some of the same problems that infected crypto in 2022 as well. |
| 0:49.3 | Number three, it'll put into perspective an important theme. |
| 0:53.1 | What is crypto here to do, a very important theme as we enter 2023? |
| 0:58.7 | David, I know we've got lots to talk about with Liv. |
| 1:01.6 | This is a really interesting episode, but what do you want to talk about during the deep |
| 1:05.8 | brief? |
| 1:06.8 | I really want to talk about just the subject matter of this episode, Ryan, is that like the |
| 1:11.0 | basement of the universe, like it's at the bottom of the stack, the whole entire thing. |
| 1:18.1 | So, if you, a listener, do not know the name Molok, you're about to become very, very familiar |
| 1:23.3 | with Molok, and this is something that longtime bankless listeners will be familiar with. |
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