“There is no proposition that does not imply the entire universe; to say "the jaguar" is to say all the jaguars that engendered it, the deer & turtles it devoured, the grass that fed the deer, the earth that was mother to the grass, the sky that gave light to the earth.” -Borges x.com/dougvk/status/…

“Isn't it a pleasure to consistently study, and apply what you have learned?” — Confucius

Becoming a beginner is the first stage of becoming a master which is the first stage of becoming a beginner

The truth does not set you free unless you are searching for it The truth can permanently damage an unprepared soul

Ed Latimore "Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past." -Lama Surya Das

Feeling reborn is about evolution growth, a continuation. It is not about burying or escaping from your past

Life is more about unlearning than learning. Unlearning is always harder than learning

Don't spend more time thinking about who you should be then being that person Don't think you are a certain way without having proven it to yourself

A tree that is unbending is easily broken. ~ Lao Tzu

6/ Bitcoin is 10 years old, however the decentralized network archetype is much older. Fungi (mycelium) began leveraging similar networks 1.3b years ago. This makes the advent of decentralized money seem less novel and more inevitable. The decentralized network archetype is Lindy

"A teacher is never a giver of truth -- he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself. A good teacher is merely a catalyst." -- Bruce Lee

NPCs are domesticated humans

if someone wants to take the bet, I’d bet $$$ that in <2 years there will be major headlines that the spread of pc culture in western countries from 2016 onwards was massively fueled by international psychological operations from non-allies.

Greed can be a powerful ally but gratitude is king

Scott Adams DePaul Scott Adams you cannot BOTH believe the world is more connected a la T.Friedman (The World is Flat) but that systemic dynamics haven't increased. Interconnectedness (without circuit breakers) potentially increases the scale/influence of things, good or bad.

The Tree of Life is off-limits, until you’ve struggled with the work. No equation will give you the solution. No skipping allowed. Step-by-step, you must go. There are some problems that cannot be reduced.

Never take investment advice from someone who has to work for a living.