Eric Wall (https://twitter.com/ercwl) is a cryptocurrency researcher, analyst, critic, and investor. In this episode we sit down to discuss the creation and premise of his new project, the Orb (https://orb.land/). 

• What is the orb? • How did the orb come about? • How to bet on the human capital and reputational growth of individuals • Why previous social tokens failed • What does the orb entitle you to? • Why the orb is not a security • Harberger taxes and their implementations so far • How harberger taxes create better allocative efficiency • Harberger taxes and domain names • The problem with social tokens as a way to invest in people • Why an obligation to a single holder is better than one to many holders • Eric’s feud with the Hex community and how the rb could solve this • Possible orb failure modes • Possible AI issues with the orb • Why orb issuers have an incentive to provide value to holders • The possible role of orbs in venture capital • How the orb could disrupt expert networks • How to parameterize the orb • The significance of the orb animations

Further reading:

• Orb.land (http://Orb.land)