Government, Technology, and The New Social Safety Net with Nicolas Colin
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Erik is joined on this episode by Nicolas Colin, co-founder and director of The Family, and author of Hedge: A Greater Safety Net For The Entrepreneurial Age. They discuss: - Why in the future we can expect more social change from tech companies than from government. - The key functions of version 1.0 of the social safety net. - How to solve the problem that most jobs are located in cities, but cities are also mostly unaffordable. - Why the 21st century will be more like the 19th century than the 20th. - Why this is the entrepreneurial age, and what that means for workers. - The story of the Rothschilds and how they prevented potential wars. - The problems with universal basic income. - How China is innovating on the social contract. - The fact that nation-states are a recent invention and are not necessarily the only way to organize in the future. Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal. Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
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