Balaji Srinivasan returns to Upstream for an unfiltered conversation about recent events: SBF's conviction and the conflict in the middle east. Make informed decision for high impact donations with GiveWell, which is offering Econ 102 listeners donation matching up to $100. To claim your match, go to https://www.givewell.org/ ➡️ pick “Podcast” enter "Upstream with Erik Torenberg" at checkout.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Episode Preview
(01:20) Why should we still care about the SBF story
(05:17) An uncensored Twitter exposed the crimes
(08:25) Why the system got an F on SBF
(11:30) Why the network succeeded over the state
(15:10) Sponsors: Shopify | GiveWell
(18:00) Actual crimes vs political crimes
(20:00) Did the press coverage force the indictment?
(22:00) Why didn’t the state move faster if all the pieces were there?
(29:30) Political fallout
(30:30) Sponsor: Oracle
(40:00) Progressive Muslim alliance
(42:40) Pro Middle Eastern tech
(47:50) Support for anti-Israel is where support for gay marriage was in 2000s
(48:20) TikTok is global public opinion minus India and China
(50:35) Should America intervene in the Middle East?
(52:30) The six regimes
(55:30) War with China
(57:00) Retribalization of society

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