The future is going to be so crazy.

You've got quantum computers and, you know, massive incredible advancements in 3D printing and humanoid robotics.

And, you know, AGI, ASI, we're probably only 5, 10 years out for that.

It's coming at us pretty quickly.

And the thing I value more than anything else is not intelligence, but it's wisdom with all this stuff.

Knowing what to do and why

we should do it as opposed to how to do something.

Charles Hoskinson, welcome to Coin Desk Spotlight.

Love being here.

This is the first one we've done in person. So you are our very special inaugural in person. Yes, maybe we're going to kick off something fun. I don't know.

Really great to be here. Seizers is a beautiful place. They kind of kept up with the times. And Rare Evo is a crazy event. 2,500 people now. You know, Solana's here, Algrant's here. Hedera's here, obviously we're here. And it's just

amazing to watch it grow. It started 250 people just three years ago.

I want to talk more about why we're here in some of the events today,

but I want to start this conversation, taking it back a little bit.

You know, those folks who have been following you, who about you know that you really have this incredible mind and this incredible way of thinking about things and finding answers.

And I'm just curious, if you were to think back, like, what's the earliest memory you have of wanting to find answers?

Well, you know, I was always intellectually curious about how the world works.

I remember as a little kid, probably more three years old, four years old.

I was homeschooled.

My mother taught me Roman numerals, and I really hated the way Roman numerals work.

I was like, well, this makes no sense.

The system is bad.

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