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Am I wrong about all this? Are things really, really about to go to shit?

Who knows. Ask again later

Is it a good thing that national identity is breaking down? Is it not?

It's not just national identity, it's any kind of communal identity. Fewer people getting married or having kids. Fewer people going to church or civic events. No one hangs out with their neighbors anymore. We're becoming more atomized. Probably a bad thing.

How else is the internet changing our culture, on a global scale?

Question too broad. Different facets of internet changing culture in different ways.

Will AI not dominate as much as we anticipate it to? Will it dominate even more than we think?

It will surprise us. The problems we think it will solve it may not solve. It will solve problems we didn't think it could solve or we didn't know existed. It will also create new problems that we hadn't considered.

What's your take on transhumanism? Where do we draw the line between human vs. robot?

We're already cyborgs. I'm on the record on this.

How does money tie into culture? How will Bitcoin revitalize a fiat culture?

Money absolutely ties into culture. Think about the stories of pirates hoarding gold and the gold galleons of the Spanish fleet. Then think about modern day monetary stories like Wolf of Wall Street and the Big Short. Yes, money creates culture and Bitcoin adoption would create a new monetary culture.