Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin as a Tool for Human Rights and Freedom

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Alex Gladstein is Chief Strategy Officer at the @Human Rights Foundation. He has also served as Vice President of Strategy for the Oslo Freedom Forum since its inception in 2009.

He is an advocate for Bitcoin as a tool for freedom and human rights, and writes thought-provoking articles on how Bitcoin transforms lives.

In his work, Alex has connected hundreds of dissidents and civil society groups with business leaders, technologists, journalists, philanthropists, policymakers, and artists to promote free and open societies. Alex’s writing and views on human rights and technology have appeared in media outlets across the world including The Atlantic, BBC, CNN, Fast Company, The Guardian, Monocle, The New Republic, The New York Times, NowThis, NPR, Quartz, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, and WIRED. He has spoken at universities ranging from MIT to Stanford, presented at the European Parliament and U.S. Department of State, and participated in Singularity University events around the world, where he serves as faculty and lectures on bitcoin and the future of money. He currently lives in the San Francisco area.

Articles by Alex Gladstein for @Bitcoin Magazine:

-Finding Financial Freedom in Afghanistan
-Inside Cuba's Bitcoin Revolution
-Can Bitcoin Be Palestine's Currency of Freedom?
-Bitcoin and The American Idea
-The Humanitarian and Environmental Case For Bitcoin
-Bitcoin is a Trojan Horse For Freedom

Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Alex's upbringing
03:30 College Studies
05:52 Joining HRF
07:20 Lessons about government
11:47 Fighting for Human Rights
12:57 Human Rights Narratives/Examples
15:18 Money and Human Rights
22:06 Alex Learning About Bitcoin
23:52 Bitcoin and Human Empowerment
30:31 Skepticism about Bitcoin
33:05 Foreign Aid Industry
37:39 Positive & Negative Human Rights
40:59 Human Rights in the U.S.
43:49 Bitcoin and Socialism
50:45 Bitcoin in Next 5 Years
53:04 Will USD Fail?
54:27 Cryptocurrencies Vs Bitcoin
59:16 Bitcoin's Accessibility
1:01:04 Final Reflection
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