#37 Kim-Mai Cutler and Garry Tan, Initialized Capital: Tech Skepticism, VC as a System, Why People are Leaving SF, and #BUIDL as a Meme

In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future (Soundcloud, Youtube, iTunes) I interview Kim-Mai Cutler and Garry Tan, partners at Initialized Capital, the first seed investor in Coinbase. We chat about techno-utopianism vs. skepticism, venture capital as a system, why people are leaving SF, and #BUIDL as a powerful meme. Enjoy and let me know if you have any feedback! My favorite quotes:

• “San Francisco is where infinite electrons meet finite atoms.” — Garry Tan
• “Traditional social networking is not conducive to empathy memes.” — Kim-Mai Cutler

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