Eric Wall 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. 

• 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