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The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
Politics
A 1997 prediction that microprocessors and cryptography would erode nation-state taxation power. Aged unevenly; aged interestingly.
Endorsed By
9 People-
Balaji Srinivasan
Has called this one of the most important books of his generation.
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Peter Thiel
Wrote a preface for the 2020 edition.
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Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik posted a long 'book review tweetstorm' on The Sovereign Individual in March 2020, walking through its 'megapolitics' framework and where he thinks it gets the 21st century right and wrong.
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Brian Armstrong
“Was really ahead of it's time, a lot of original thinking (some really out there stuff too).”
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Sahil Lavingia
Listed on his bookmarked.club page.
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Naval Ravikant
“Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though).”
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Changpeng Zhao
“Just read the Sovereign Individual again. Amazed that it was written before 1997. Talks about internet currencies, etc. Good read.”
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Joel Salatin
“Prophetic about the impacts of the information revolution to democratize everything.”
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Michael Saylor
Listed on hope.com resources.