Ethereum’s Vitalik on Self-Agency, Ex NASA physicist says Australia is chopped, and Post-AI’s Permanent Underclass | Best Of 5/14/26
The best moments from MTS on May 14: Vitalik Buterin on sanctuary technology and crypto's role in a changing world, Casey Handmer on Energy Autarky, and the economic collapse of nations, Jasmine Sun on AI labor disruption and the permanent underclass meme, and Dr. Topol and Dr. Slotkin on autonomous vehicles as a public health breakthrough, Steven Glinert on Cerebras IPO, wafer scale chips, Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing.
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(00:00) Introduction
(00:34) Vitalik Buterin on sanctuary technology, autopilot to agency, crypto's future
(17:25) Casey Handmer on Terraform Industries…
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