Richard Burton | Siraj Raval Podcast #5

This is my conversation with Richard Burton. He was the 1st designer at Ethereum, an early employee at Stripe, invests in technology startups, and is an avid kitesurfer. We've been friends for years so this was the funnest interview I've done yet. Enjoy! Time Markers below: 2:45 Meeting in the Hacker Hostel 9:15 Short-term economic effects of the pandemic 10:30 Richard's background at Stripe & Ethereum 17:15 Open Source Financial Systems 21:00 Richard's crowd-sourced startup (Balance) 25:00 On Remote Work 31:30 Interview rejections & getting fired 33:15 Working for a Social Media algorithm 37:00 Deep Learning has been overhyped 41:00 Opportunities in Decentralized Finance 47:00 When Cryptocurrency was overhyped 50:18 Self-Driving Tesla Problems 51:30 Bipolar Disorder 53:00 Homelessness in San Francisco 55:15 Social Media Platforms Pros & Cons 59:00 Twitter BlueSky project 01:03:00 The Future of Social Media algorithms 01:04:55 Digital Therapeutics 01:08:30 Dating & relationships 01:12:30 Social Media identities 01:17:00 Finding purpose 01:19:30 AI Education on Youtube 01:22:00 Video release frequency 01:25:00 Lessons learned 01:27:00 Silicon Valley Culture 01:28:15 Los Angeles vs San Francisco 01:30:30 The Reality of Silicon Valley 01:34:50 Judging Technical Competence 01:36:30 WeWork: An Operating System for Atoms 01:37:30 On Peter Thiel 01:40:00 Rejecting platitudes 01:42:50 Richard's book recommendation 01:44:00 "How is Money Created?" 01:47:00 Richard's next topic to learn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find Richard on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/ricburton Connect with me here: INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/312pLUb FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2OqOhx1 TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2OHYLbB WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/2OoVPQF Find my podcast on these sites: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/siraj-raval-podcast/id1468351190 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sirajraval Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/p