Lyn, if the topic of Canadian CBDCs comes up during the discussion/Q&A, request you ask a policy question: whether the appropriate constraints (privacy-preserving or anti-authoritarian) the government will, or should, place on itself so as to not completely abuse the power of controlling its people's money and transaction ability? I'd reference China's behavior with its CBDC and the illegal actions of the Canadian government to freeze bank accounts during the Canadian Trucker protest. In a short time we've already seen fairly damning evidence that government needs constraints in terms of controlling money, if it claims liberty as a value. Also, thank you for your book and all your writings. It's wonderful.
Yesterday I did a long-form lecture in a class at Princeton about the history of money through the lens of technology.
The nice thing was that it helped me figure out what to include in my upcoming larger talk, discussion, Q&A, and book signing at Princeton about Broken Money. The talk portion of this event is shorter, so I need it to be as concise and impactful as possible, and I've been thinking about what to emphasize and I really have a good outline for that now.
If you're in the PA/NJ/NYC area, consider coming to the event on Feb 6th. It's open to the public but requires registration:
https://gceps.princeton.edu/booktalk-lynalden/
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