Balaji & Benedict Evans: When Tech Breaks Industries
This episode originally appeared on the Network State Podcast. Balaji Srinivasan and Benedict Evans sit down in Singapore for a wide-ranging conversation on the mechanics of disruption. Evans, a former Andreessen Horowitz partner who now writes one of tech's most-read newsletters, argues that the conversation about any technology peaks during the transition—not at 0% or 100% adoption. They cover AI's real capabilities and limits, the politics of technological disruption, why crypto's killer metric is block space, and what smart glasses, elevator attendants, and the elephant graph reveal about how change works. Resources: Follow Benedict Evans on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedictevans/ Check out Benedict’s Newsletter: https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter Follow Balaji Srinivasa
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