Explorations of the emerging crypto-economic models and their potential implications
12 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
Too much of my life is ruled by fear. Fear of pain. Fear of loss, particularly of things that I view of as “necessary” for security. They only serve to hold me back. As Epictetus said: It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of p...
11 Jan 2021 1 minute read 1 comment jer979!!
tl;dr: On the value of solitude. I heard one of those things that is obvious in hindsight. On the Life is a Festival podcast, “Love Free From Fear” episode, the guest, Sabine Lichtenfels made a really astute observation. She said that people can’t be...
7 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: In a knowledge economy, you are as likely to create value outside as inside. For most of my career, my approach to work has been a “brute force attack.” I equated “time spent in front of computer” with “quality of output.” And sure, that numbe...
6 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: when you save and respect the time of others, you win. I had never heard of Sahil Lavingia before listening to his discussion with Shane Parrish on the Knowledge Project podcast, but he said something really simple and profound during it. The...
5 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
Tl;dr: the hopeful move from winner take all capitalism to collaborative capitalism in a world of abundance. Nature as a guide. In the movie Capital on Netflix, which features the work of French economist, Thomas Piketty (blogged about previously her...
4 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: even if there’s a war going on, a reminder that one never stops marketing. We stopped by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. If you ever have the chance, it’s well worth a visit. No matter how much or how frequently I study about...
31 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: When role models start buying Bitcoin, mainstream adoption accelerats. The fact that NFL lineman Russell Okung is now diverting half of his salary to Bitcoin is going to trigger a wave of new Bitcoin adoption. First, it has driven awareness of...
31 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Companies like Carta and Shareworks sit in the cross-hairs of blockchain-driven disruption. When you work in an early-stage start-up, one of the “perks” of the job is the opportunity to earn the right to buy stock in the future via an option....
30 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: If there’s no group identity, the mission isn’t clear. Which means the group will likely fall short of great things. At a certain point in life, each of us wants to feel like there’s a point to it all. That our lives have some meaning beyond m...
28 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: knowledge is available. All that’s level is a decentralized accreditation framework, which will come. My daughter was working on an essay for school in which she was arguing that the college educational system is no longer suited for the post-...
