OM DENNE EPISODE
In today's episode of the New Founding Podcast, Nathan Halberstadt sits down with Balaji Srinivasan, Nate Fischer and Josh Abbotoy to explore how Ridge Runner neighborhoods and startup societies (like the Network School) can outcompete failing blue one-party states.
They discuss American cultural conditions, India & the diaspora, institution-building, and more.
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Joshua Abbotoy - https://x.com/byzness
Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
2:30 – “Faith, Family, Freedom”: The Ridge Runner Creed
11:42 – America as a Startup Society: Peaceful Competition vs War
17:09 – What Really Builds Trust? Skin in the Game & Institutions
23:13 – Measuring Community & Startup Societies
31:33 – Inside Network School: Silicon Valley on a Man-Made Island
39:48 – Urban Exit: 20M Americans Who Want Country Life
44:36 – Crypto Equity & Real Estate: Giving Early Movers Upside
51:13 – Co-ops, Rent-to-Own & Ownership as a Way of Life
1:04:50 – Solar + Modular Housing: Off-Grid Villages for Builders
1:08:37 – Debt, Declining Trust & Empire
1:23:34 – India and the Diaspora
1:51:10 – Building High-Trust Communities in a Low-Trust World
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