“It turns people not into agents, not into producers, not into heroic actors — but instead into Matrix-like batteries for the digital economy. I don’t want to live in that world.” — Glen Weyl

Hello to the community! The fourteenth episode of Decentralize This!, Enigma’s new podcast hosted by Tor Bair, has just been released. Today we are excited to feature Glen Weyl.

Glen is a political economist and social technologist who is focused on how new technologies and markets can create a more equal, cooperative society. He’s best known in the blockchain space for his work with Vitalik Buterin on their paper “Liberal Radicalism” (coauthored with Zoë Hitzig), and he’s deeply passionate about building a global movement for change. Glen is also the coauthor of “Radical Markets”, and he teaches at Princeton University and is a principal researcher at Microsoft in New York.

On Decentralize This!, we feature guests from around the blockchain and decentralization space. By taking a closer look at what prominent people are building and thinking about, we hope to find new ways to work together on creating solutions and getting these new technologies adopted at scale.

On this episode Glen discusses what Liberal Radicalism represents, how mechanisms like quadratic voting and Harberger taxes can be applied at small scale and globally, why we should treat data as a product of labor, and why we must pursue and value social innovation as much as technological innovation.

Please listen using the link below and share with your friends, whether they’re in the decentralization space or not! We want to inspire people to think outside their day-to-day and come help us build a better future. If you want to suggest future guests, reach out to us on Twitter!

Decentralize This! is also available on Spotify and iTunes.

The Enigma Team