TL;DR, @gavofyork’s latest @Forbes Argentina interview. Gavin is clear: @Polkadot's Second Age is about moving from a decade of deep protocol engineering → to building the products, platforms, and experiences people actually use. A couple of standout points: • Sovereignty is the core theme. People want to live on their own terms, not within a one-size-fits-all social contract. Polkadot’s next era focuses on tools that let individuals reclaim agency: identity, money, participation, and communities. • Freedom is practical, not abstract. Banks regularly exclude people; states don’t guarantee economic access. Until they do, alternatives like Bitcoin and decentralized systems matter. • Argentina as an example. Gavin sees the country moving toward “greater freedom” under Milei’s direction, a push toward a narrower state role in which optional, voluntary social contracts can thrive. • On the US: He avoids personalities but says every administration has expanded ambiguity and regulation. The system was chaotic long before Trump. • On AI: Powerful, useful, irreversible, and dangerous if people surrender judgment and identity to opaque systems. “If you give up curiosity and agency, you give up prosperity.” • Polkadot’s future (5–10 years): A platform where people interact with friends, family, communities, and society, with joy. A digital environment built around autonomy rather than extraction. The main message: Polkadot’s next era is about people, products, and absolute sovereignty. Not speculation. Not hype. Actual freedom, delivered through technology. 🗣️