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b'Andrew Kortina (@kortina) joins Erik on this episode. He is the co-founder of Venmo and Fin.

They talk about:

- How he became interested in the US tax code and what changes he might like to see made to it.

- The insights from his examination of how the US government spends its money.

- Capitalism, inequality, and how to ensure everyone can live a life with dignity.

- Status signalling through consumption and how to fix the inefficiency of conveying information through goods.

- Tribalism as a predictive model.

- What David Foster Wallace predicted about the internet and culture today, and what he might be writing about if he was still alive.

- Capitalism as an artificial intelligence.

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Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.'