George Gilder: Economics, Microchips, Blockchain, A.I., Graphene - WIN with Jimmy Nguyen #1

In this premiere episode, Jimmy Nguyen talks with George Gilder - one of the leading economic & technology thinkers of the past 40 years, called a “technology prophet.” George discusses his life journey, economics, microchips, blockchain, A.I., graphene - and how his thoughts could live forever. 

George is the author of over 20 books - including The Scandal of Money and Life After Google and his 1981 renowned book, Wealth and Poverty, which advanced a case for supply-side economics and capitalism during the Ronald Reagan presidential administration in the U.S.  More recently, George has published Gaming AI: Why AI Can't Think but Can Transform Jobs (2020) and Life After Capitalism: The Meaning of Wealth, the Future of the Economy, and the Time Theory of Money (2023).

OUTLINE
0:00 – Introduction
1:15 – George’s early life & parents
6:16 – Harvard; publishing first books about politics & economics
9:18 – Interest in technology
13:55 – Technology Prophet – from “Wealth & Poverty” to predicting tech trends
16:50 – Microchips
20:30 – Bitcoin & Blockchain
24:32 – Craig Wright, plus Stuart Haber & Scott Stornetta
27:12 – Cryptocurrency industry & Web3
30:40 – Render token (RNDR); DePIN
34:44 – Artificial Intelligence
40:36 – Graphene
48:02 – Lessons to WIN in Life & Career
51:01 – Father’s Inspiration for “Wealth & Poverty”
56:12 - Life WINs with Family