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Guardians
On well meaning protectors
Miracles
On scarcity mindsets
Of Mice and Purity Culture
Once, sitting in my parent's kitchen, I watched a mouse drag itself across the floor. It was folded in half; a mouse trap scraped along behind it.
Of Mice and Purity Culture
Once, sitting in my parent's kitchen, I watched a mouse drag itself across the floor. It was folded in half; a mouse trap scraped along behind it.
Hustle
Know where you're going; Be where you are
This Might be Love
Of Stalking Tigers and Vacuums
An Absurd Invalidity
Albert Camus once accused Soren Kierkegaard of committing “philosophical suicide” primarily because Kierkegaard—according to Camus—does not have the courage to remain in the tension and ‘painful opposition’ of ‘the absurd’: “what I am offered neglects [the absurd’s] basis, negates one of the terms of the painful opposition, demands of me a resignation.” (Camus, Myth of Sisyphus, p. 41). To give a very quick crash course: what Camus refers to as ‘the absurd’ can be thought of as a place where ...
An Absurd Invalidity
Albert Camus once accused Soren Kierkegaard of committing “philosophical suicide” primarily because Kierkegaard—according to Camus—does not have the courage to remain in the tension and ‘painful opposition’ of ‘the absurd’: “what I am offered neglects [the absurd’s] basis, negates one of the terms of the painful opposition, demands of me a resignation.” (Camus, Myth of Sisyphus, p. 41). To give a very quick crash course: what Camus refers to as ‘the absurd’ can be thought of as a place where ...
Crypto and the Philosophy of Leadership
What if Vitalik Buterin died tomorrow? I remember a Bankless podcast episode featuring Vitalik Buterin as the guest(#114 - In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism). At one point in the episode Vitalik searched online for his own name alongside the phrase ‘NFT’(1:16:10). What he found was a ridiculous project selling a bunch of NFT pictures of his own face in cartoon format in different iterations—the standard format of NFTs during the 2021 bull run in crypto. Vitalik mocked the site and pointed out ...
Crypto and the Philosophy of Leadership
What if Vitalik Buterin died tomorrow? I remember a Bankless podcast episode featuring Vitalik Buterin as the guest(#114 - In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism). At one point in the episode Vitalik searched online for his own name alongside the phrase ‘NFT’(1:16:10). What he found was a ridiculous project selling a bunch of NFT pictures of his own face in cartoon format in different iterations—the standard format of NFTs during the 2021 bull run in crypto. Vitalik mocked the site and pointed out ...
How to Ditch Your Crypto Exchange
Source: pexelsLast month we reflected on the insolvency of centralized crypto exchanges in the midst of this bear market while DeFi apps demonstrated their unprecedented resiliency and commitment to decentralized values. After publishing that newsletter, a few people asked me if the centralized exchanges I’ve previously recommended to them are ‘safe’. The short answer is ‘Probably, but centralized exchanges are not a long term solution for storing your crypto assets’. The long answer(with ste...
How to Ditch Your Crypto Exchange
Source: pexelsLast month we reflected on the insolvency of centralized crypto exchanges in the midst of this bear market while DeFi apps demonstrated their unprecedented resiliency and commitment to decentralized values. After publishing that newsletter, a few people asked me if the centralized exchanges I’ve previously recommended to them are ‘safe’. The short answer is ‘Probably, but centralized exchanges are not a long term solution for storing your crypto assets’. The long answer(with ste...
Crypto and the Philosophy of Justice
To be honest, I don’t have a lot to say about crypto this month. It’s a bear market, and people who don’t understand crypto are using the opportunity to claim crypto is dead. Fools always revel when the things they’re afraid of encounter challenges. Several centralized entities in the crypto space have either gone insolvent or have come pretty close and are in talks about bailouts. This is not a fault of the technology or mechanisms of crypto. This is user error through bad investing strategi...
Crypto and the Philosophy of Justice
To be honest, I don’t have a lot to say about crypto this month. It’s a bear market, and people who don’t understand crypto are using the opportunity to claim crypto is dead. Fools always revel when the things they’re afraid of encounter challenges. Several centralized entities in the crypto space have either gone insolvent or have come pretty close and are in talks about bailouts. This is not a fault of the technology or mechanisms of crypto. This is user error through bad investing strategi...
Crypto and the Philosophy of Ownership
Ok, fine: I’ll talk about NFTs. For those who don’t know, NFT stands for ‘Non-Fungible Token’ and refers to a unique token that can be verified via blockchain tech that it is indeed the thing it claims to be. This is exciting in the digital space because the ability to duplicate a digital file exactly and make it indistinguishable from the original is currently far too easy. NFTs solve that problem. Yes; someone can still ‘right click and save’ an NFT image, but if they tried to present that ...
Crypto and the Philosophy of Ownership
Ok, fine: I’ll talk about NFTs. For those who don’t know, NFT stands for ‘Non-Fungible Token’ and refers to a unique token that can be verified via blockchain tech that it is indeed the thing it claims to be. This is exciting in the digital space because the ability to duplicate a digital file exactly and make it indistinguishable from the original is currently far too easy. NFTs solve that problem. Yes; someone can still ‘right click and save’ an NFT image, but if they tried to present that ...
