For “The Global Financial System” fireside, we hosted @AnnalieseMilano (KB2) on her PhD thesis from @LSEnews, partially advised by @davidgraeber, entitled ‘The Social Layer.’ Annaliese explores crypto as a response to broken systems — not just financial — and as an act of creative refusal. From Bitcoin to belief, memes to money, “The Social Layer” deeply explores crypto as economic reform. 00:00 Social Layer Thesis 00:40 David Graeber, Creative Refusal 01:30 What is money? What is value? 02:15 Belief, memes, state power 03:10 Money as social hack 04:00 Wealth strategies in crypto 04:45 Generational precarity 05:45 Social reproduction & survival 06:40 Economic governance critique 08:20 Blockchain vs fiat institutions 09:10 Bitcoin as opt-in social truth 10:10 Crypto as economic reform