Welcome to @balajis.eth!

He’s kindly agreed to do an AMA. Reply with your questions. :)

It feels like some of the momentum of the "let's explore alternatives to SF" movement has weakened since 2021, with AI and "back to the office" mandates contributing to re-centralization. What are your updated thoughts on how we can cleave apart that network effect to create more practical freedom of location?

Quick answer: I think we’re still on track for at least three poles of technology (what I called NYT, CCP, BTC) plus a decentralized center that combines them.

Why? Because (a) crypto has globally decentralized and that has accelerated since 2021 + (b) AI executive order incentivizes decentralization + (more)

and (c) I think more shoes are yet to drop in terms of US regs/economy.

For example: ban on self driving cars in SF/CA shows that they will push more tech back into the garage.

We wil see whether a small group of tech guys in the bluest city will be allowed to make billions by disrupting many blue jobs with AI…