How to Get Rich (without getting lucky):

1/ HIGH AGENCY Once you SEE it - you can never UNSEE it. Arguedbly the most important personality trait you can foster. I've thought about this concept every week for the last two years since I heard Eric Weinstein discuss it on Tim Ferriss' podcast. THREAD...

Filtering through the noise is hard! In an industry where there is so much going on, how do we get through? "We sometimes become so overwhelmed by tech it’s important to take a moment, step back and say: what is my model?"Parting advice from JILLIONAIRE and Imogen Heap. #slush18

If you had to gauge a random stranger's intelligence + creativity with a single question, what would it be?

Governments and corporations have fostered a fourth function of money that has subordinated all other functions: system-of-control. It ensures that political dissent can be effectively snuffed at the bank, without appeal or recourse. We exit. #Bitcoin youtu.be/FyK4P7ZdOK8?t=…

Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind. Too much sugar leads to a heavy body, and too many distractions lead to a heavy mind. Time spent undistracted and alone, in self-examination, journaling, meditation, resolves the unresolved and takes us from mentally fat to fit.

"My 1 repeated learning in life: "There Are No Adults" Everyone's making it up as they go along. Figure it out yourself, and do it." - Naval

Jonathan Herzog, E. Glen Weyl, & Vitalik Buterin pscp.tv/w/ca1pZTFlV0V5…

17/ The birds later borrowed these respiratory systems from their ancestors, and that's why bar-headed geese can fly over the Himalayas! I learned all this from this amazingly well written article below. Please read if you enjoyed the thread! nautil.us/issue/86/energ…

Planning is everything. The Plan is nothing.

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Did someone say Decentralization?

I wonder if it's somehow possible to visualize the impact of reading over a year so.

Himalayas as seen from the International Space Station.

First DFB game after the era of Toni Kroos.

Money is a technology. Recent events—the protests in Canada and the war in Ukraine, and in cyberspace—have shown that our current monetary tech is an instrument for political power, and it has reminded us that politically neutral money is necessary for democratic societies. …

"Secured #5: Public Vulnerability Disclosures Update" is now live at blog.ethereum.org/2023/05/03/sec… ! This marks the second public disclosure of vulnerabilities received through the Ethereum Foundation's Bug Bounty Program.

Meta was using this presentation to preview the app to prominent creators under NDA, but it leaked to Lia Haberman of ICYMI. Let's examine: 1. The business context of Meta's leak 2. What we know about the app 3. Whether Insta can compete

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