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How Did Brian Armstrong Use Airbnb to Start Coinbase? · The Katie Miller Podcast

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The Man Behind Coinbase: Interview with Brian Armstrong | KMP Ep.52

New interview with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong!

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  1. Why Does Economic Freedom Matter for Free Speech? at 0:05

    Economic freedom is foundational to every other freedom. Full answer

  2. Why Should Artificial Intelligence Follow Internet Rules? at 9:13

    AI should follow the internet model rather than heavy rules. Full answer

  3. How Did Brian Armstrong Use Airbnb to Start Coinbase? at 11:14

    He joined Airbnb in 2010 after a college tutoring startup that was only a base hit with a small exit. Full answer

  4. How Do You Even Value All of These People's Property? at 21:14

    Under the current draft, an auditor has to value every asset, and if they get it wrong they are criminally or personally liable, so every auditor will sandbag… Full answer

  5. How Do You Get the Next Doubling of Life Expectancy? at 24:35

    Life expectancy in the U.S. was about thirty-five a hundred years ago and more than doubled through soap and penicillin, then plateaued. Full answer

  6. How Do You Restore the Function Cells Lose With Age? at 25:21

    New Limit was co-founded around cell or epigenetic reprogramming. As cells age, genes that should be on get flipped off or vice versa, so function is lost. Full answer

  7. How Can a Short Sleeper Gene Cut Nightly Sleep? at 31:24

    Sleep need is person dependent. People with a short sleeper gene can sleep three to four hours a night and be totally fine, not just tired all the time. Full answer

  8. Why Does Knowing When You Will Die Matter More Than Knowing How? at 38:34

    Knowing when you will die matters more than how, because the deadline creates urgency. Full answer

  9. How Do You Start the Morning Without Checking Messages or X? at 44:21

    He skips Slack, other message tools, and X because that is a bad way to start the morning. Full answer

  10. How Do You Invent Something Serious People Think Is Impossible? at 48:27

    The Wright brothers, two bicycle shop owners, tinkered in Kitty Hawk on maybe a ten or twenty thousand dollar personal budget and no venture capital, while… Full answer

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