Crypto vs Stocks, Tokenization, and AI

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The Anonymous Professor

Bryan Hong

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Business school professor Bryan Hong chats with his guests about the challenges of finding a fulfilling career, investing, and what they wish they learned in school. His university's policy forbids him from mentioning where he works, so his institution must remain secret—hence the need to remain "anonymous."

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Crypto vs Stocks, Tokenization, and AI - Brian (NYU Stern MBA)

The Anonymous Professor

1 hour 43 minutes 19 seconds

7 months ago

Crypto vs Stocks, Tokenization, and AI - Brian (NYU Stern MBA)

Recorded April 14, 2025

I chat with Brian, a former MBA student of mine when I taught at NYU Stern. We talk about trading crypto vs. stocks, the tokenization of attention and people, implications of AI for the future, and finding a fulfilling career.

Amazon link to my book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5N6F1FV

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00:42 -- Getting whipsawed in the stock and crypto markets

02:34 -- Bryan being drawn to gold

06:49 -- How the US is using crypto to maintain USD dominance

07:37 -- Playing stocks vs. crypto to get rich

17:42 -- The need to believe in your trades

20:50 -- The perception of the US has changed

29:52 -- How do you tokenize attention?

35:16 -- Tokenizing yourself

42:26 -- Examples of celebrities tokenizing

45:42 -- Will people be valued more than AI?

46:56 -- AI companionship

52:23 -- The dark side of AI

54:59 -- Why centralized AI might dominate decentralized AI

01:00:05 -- Where will AI replace jobs?

01:03:42 -- The coming creativity explosion

01:13:48 -- Challenges in teaching creativity

01:26:27 -- Brian discovers most people don't like their job

01:33:08 -- Is grit good when doing something you hate?

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Note: We started recording a few minutes after our conversation started.

Disclaimer: The content in this recording is for entertainment purposes only and nothing we say should be considered financial advice.

Correction: I make a math error early on at 03:15. The last time there was a major financial system restructuring (end of the Bretton Woods system and the beginning of fiat currency) was in the early 1970s, which I somehow calculated as being 80 years ago. It was 54 years ago.