PictureDiscord近来最常用的平台非Discord莫属了，这款最初为游戏玩家设计的交流平台，如今已经成为创投圈和加密货币从业人士沟通交流的首选平台。这个功能多元化且尚未定性的聊天平台，已经成为了元宇宙世界的基础设施，并会随着web3的蓬勃发展，迎来一轮又一轮的新生。 Packy在他的Not Boring邮件订阅中详细分析了Discord的前世今生，我来简单总结一下： 1. Discord的诞生故事：一位年轻的创始人加入了一家孵化器公司，当时的他没有成型的商业计划，只有一个梦想就是在游戏领域有所建树。他的第一次尝试是开发了一款蛮受好评的多人手游，但还是由于用户数量不足而未能成功。后来他为游戏玩家设计了一个聊天功能，并在2015年推出命名为Discord。起初该产品并没有引起多大的反响，直到《最终幻想》的玩家在Reddit上提起这款产品，才被大批游戏玩家知晓。随后的几年Discord迅速积累了数亿用户，如今已成长为接近150亿市场估值的公司。 2. Discord是为游戏玩家建立的，至今也保持着游戏世界的速度和活力（我等老一辈同胞在Discord真的有目不暇接，被信息轰炸的...

PictureDiscord近来最常用的平台非Discord莫属了，这款最初为游戏玩家设计的交流平台，如今已经成为创投圈和加密货币从业人士沟通交流的首选平台。这个功能多元化且尚未定性的聊天平台，已经成为了元宇宙世界的基础设施，并会随着web3的蓬勃发展，迎来一轮又一轮的新生。 Packy在他的Not Boring邮件订阅中详细分析了Discord的前世今生，我来简单总结一下： 1. Discord的诞生故事：一位年轻的创始人加入了一家孵化器公司，当时的他没有成型的商业计划，只有一个梦想就是在游戏领域有所建树。他的第一次尝试是开发了一款蛮受好评的多人手游，但还是由于用户数量不足而未能成功。后来他为游戏玩家设计了一个聊天功能，并在2015年推出命名为Discord。起初该产品并没有引起多大的反响，直到《最终幻想》的玩家在Reddit上提起这款产品，才被大批游戏玩家知晓。随后的几年Discord迅速积累了数亿用户，如今已成长为接近150亿市场估值的公司。 2. Discord是为游戏玩家建立的，至今也保持着游戏世界的速度和活力（我等老一辈同胞在Discord真的有目不暇接，被信息轰炸的...

Digital Nomads Meetup In Madeira, 2021I had at least 500 classmates from kindergarten to graduate school, but now I only stay in touch regularly with less than three people. Classmates are a product of random assignments, limited by your geographical locations. Chances are we are surrounded by people who have very different backgrounds and interests, which lead to different paths in the future. The same logic applies to colleagues unless we share the same vision to achieve some grand goals to...

Digital Nomads Meetup In Madeira, 2021I had at least 500 classmates from kindergarten to graduate school, but now I only stay in touch regularly with less than three people. Classmates are a product of random assignments, limited by your geographical locations. Chances are we are surrounded by people who have very different backgrounds and interests, which lead to different paths in the future. The same logic applies to colleagues unless we share the same vision to achieve some grand goals to...

There I am, looking out at the vast Atlantic Ocean in front of me, breathing the tropical air from mid-autumn Madeira Islands, feeling the warm and energetic vibes at the local co-working centre. I glance down at my laptop to greet my client from the other side of the world. Looking at the beautiful scenery of New Zealand in her background, I could almost smell the homey aroma of the flat white in her hand. Imagine you can escape the 9 to 5 trap and work and live anywhere. Imagine you can ear...

There I am, looking out at the vast Atlantic Ocean in front of me, breathing the tropical air from mid-autumn Madeira Islands, feeling the warm and energetic vibes at the local co-working centre. I glance down at my laptop to greet my client from the other side of the world. Looking at the beautiful scenery of New Zealand in her background, I could almost smell the homey aroma of the flat white in her hand. Imagine you can escape the 9 to 5 trap and work and live anywhere. Imagine you can ear...

今年6月参加了Jim O'Shaughnessy的沙龙，评析了我很喜欢的动画《瑞克和莫蒂》中的哲学，三个多小时谈到了虚无主义、死亡、爱、自我、开悟和多重宇宙等概念！除此之外，还意外发现了一枚宝藏男孩Tom Morgan（如图我右边的那位），发现他推荐的书籍和讨论的话题都是我超级感兴趣的东西。 这周他再次做客Jim的播客Infinite Loops，分享了他对于「爱」的理解，简单总结下： - Tom Morgan主业是KCP集团的传媒和内容总监，业余时间撰写一个信息量超级庞大的邮件订阅。Tom说在过去的六七年里，他一直在将知识和信息点联合到一起，一种方式是像米开朗基罗雕琢大卫一样，收集知识，然后层层剥茧，最后得到一个解释得通的观点；另一种方式则是像科学家一样先提出假说，然后收集证据证明自己的观点。而他今天所要分享的观点就是一个关于生命意义和拯救世界的想法。 - 人类的大脑是由控制智性/理性的左半球，和控制创意/直觉的右半球组成。我们能意识到的可能只有60个比特的信息，但周围却有1100万个比特的潜在信息可供我们使用，更恐怖的是外界还有1万亿个比特的信息是我们根本意识不到的...

今年6月参加了Jim O'Shaughnessy的沙龙，评析了我很喜欢的动画《瑞克和莫蒂》中的哲学，三个多小时谈到了虚无主义、死亡、爱、自我、开悟和多重宇宙等概念！除此之外，还意外发现了一枚宝藏男孩Tom Morgan（如图我右边的那位），发现他推荐的书籍和讨论的话题都是我超级感兴趣的东西。 这周他再次做客Jim的播客Infinite Loops，分享了他对于「爱」的理解，简单总结下： - Tom Morgan主业是KCP集团的传媒和内容总监，业余时间撰写一个信息量超级庞大的邮件订阅。Tom说在过去的六七年里，他一直在将知识和信息点联合到一起，一种方式是像米开朗基罗雕琢大卫一样，收集知识，然后层层剥茧，最后得到一个解释得通的观点；另一种方式则是像科学家一样先提出假说，然后收集证据证明自己的观点。而他今天所要分享的观点就是一个关于生命意义和拯救世界的想法。 - 人类的大脑是由控制智性/理性的左半球，和控制创意/直觉的右半球组成。我们能意识到的可能只有60个比特的信息，但周围却有1100万个比特的潜在信息可供我们使用，更恐怖的是外界还有1万亿个比特的信息是我们根本意识不到的...

Photo credit: Ashley BatzTABLE OF CONTENTPrefaceFlowismLife PrinciplesOriginsTibet TripMeditation JourneyPsychedelic Experience Ultimate GoalPreface​When I was little, I was obsessed with my Dad’s study room. How come he could pick up some colourful and heavy things on the shelf and lock himself in the room for the whole day? I imitated his behaviour but hardly understood a word from his accounting, economy and management books. One day, I browsed my Dad’s treasures and found one book rather ...

Photo credit: Ashley BatzTABLE OF CONTENTPrefaceFlowismLife PrinciplesOriginsTibet TripMeditation JourneyPsychedelic Experience Ultimate GoalPreface​When I was little, I was obsessed with my Dad’s study room. How come he could pick up some colourful and heavy things on the shelf and lock himself in the room for the whole day? I imitated his behaviour but hardly understood a word from his accounting, economy and management books. One day, I browsed my Dad’s treasures and found one book rather ...

@Lighthouse Retreat Centre, Portugal​“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”Matthew 7:7, New International VersionI recently had my first psychedelic experience with the Grandfather plant, San Pedro, at The Lighthouse Retreat. 2 trips in 4 days let me ‘saw’ the themes constantly haunted my mind: time, space, reality and dream. We all know language could be limited when you try to describe something overpowering magnificent. Here is ...

@Lighthouse Retreat Centre, Portugal​“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”Matthew 7:7, New International VersionI recently had my first psychedelic experience with the Grandfather plant, San Pedro, at The Lighthouse Retreat. 2 trips in 4 days let me ‘saw’ the themes constantly haunted my mind: time, space, reality and dream. We all know language could be limited when you try to describe something overpowering magnificent. Here is ...

之前总结了Ryan Holiday《十二个改变一生的问题》，今天再来总结下Tim Ferriss版本的《十七个改变一生的问题》。 1. 如果我反其道而行之会有什么结果呢？ Tim大学毕业后的第一份工作是向CEO/CTO销售大容量数据存储。他依照传统的打电话和发邮件的方法，但是业绩并不如意。 终于有一天Tim意识到所有的销售人员都在上午9点到下午5点的工作时间打电话和发邮件，而且CEO/CTO的助理和秘书也是朝九晚五地工作，那么，何不尝试在接下来的48小时做与其他人相反的事情呢？ Tim随后挑了周四周五两天只在早上7点到8点半和晚上6点到7点半打销售电话，这招果然奏效，大老板们都会直接接起电话。Tim受此启发，开始尝试更多反其道而行之的实验。比如说只问问题不推销；研究技术资料让自己像个工程师而不是推销员；把邮件回复从「我期待尽快得到你的回复」改成「如果您太忙没时间回复，我完全理解，感谢您读到这里」... 这些实验最终都得到了回报，Tim一个人一季度的销量就击败了竞争对手在整个洛杉矶的销量。 2. 我在哪些地方花了冤枉钱？我能否花钱解决自己的痛点？ Tim很早就陶醉在硅谷的创业文化浪...

之前总结了Ryan Holiday《十二个改变一生的问题》，今天再来总结下Tim Ferriss版本的《十七个改变一生的问题》。 1. 如果我反其道而行之会有什么结果呢？ Tim大学毕业后的第一份工作是向CEO/CTO销售大容量数据存储。他依照传统的打电话和发邮件的方法，但是业绩并不如意。 终于有一天Tim意识到所有的销售人员都在上午9点到下午5点的工作时间打电话和发邮件，而且CEO/CTO的助理和秘书也是朝九晚五地工作，那么，何不尝试在接下来的48小时做与其他人相反的事情呢？ Tim随后挑了周四周五两天只在早上7点到8点半和晚上6点到7点半打销售电话，这招果然奏效，大老板们都会直接接起电话。Tim受此启发，开始尝试更多反其道而行之的实验。比如说只问问题不推销；研究技术资料让自己像个工程师而不是推销员；把邮件回复从「我期待尽快得到你的回复」改成「如果您太忙没时间回复，我完全理解，感谢您读到这里」... 这些实验最终都得到了回报，Tim一个人一季度的销量就击败了竞争对手在整个洛杉矶的销量。 2. 我在哪些地方花了冤枉钱？我能否花钱解决自己的痛点？ Tim很早就陶醉在硅谷的创业文化浪...

PictureTim Ferriss Podcast​Tim Ferriss最新的播客又将Naval请来啦！同时还请来了我在推特上关注许久的a16z普通合伙人Chris Dixon，一起畅聊web3，NFTs和去中心化技术的应用。简单总结一下这期播客： 1. 现在最超前的那一部分人在周末所做的事情，就是普通人即将在未来十年从事的相关工作。很多主导人类未来世界的想法都是在非工作场所产生的，正如史蒂夫乔布斯创办苹果的概念诞生于他的车库，而不是IBM的办公室。 2. 公司可持续发展的计划都是循序渐进的改变，而不是颠覆性的创新。 3. 避免「爬坡视角」。不要一味地遵循算法不断地提升自我，允许生活中随机事件的发生。很多人都是一路闷头前行，最后登上山峰才发现眼前并不是自己想要看到的景象。 4. Naval倡导大家遵循自己与生俱来的智性和好奇心，2021年最好的职业就是JPEG收藏家。 5. 目前最前沿的科技是基于互联网的web3和加密货币。开源、可移植数据、用户隐私、去中心化、社区和个体拥有权都属于前沿领域的一部分。 6. 人类社会的最大问题：如何让陌生人在不认识对方的情况下相互协调并产生信...

PictureTim Ferriss Podcast​Tim Ferriss最新的播客又将Naval请来啦！同时还请来了我在推特上关注许久的a16z普通合伙人Chris Dixon，一起畅聊web3，NFTs和去中心化技术的应用。简单总结一下这期播客： 1. 现在最超前的那一部分人在周末所做的事情，就是普通人即将在未来十年从事的相关工作。很多主导人类未来世界的想法都是在非工作场所产生的，正如史蒂夫乔布斯创办苹果的概念诞生于他的车库，而不是IBM的办公室。 2. 公司可持续发展的计划都是循序渐进的改变，而不是颠覆性的创新。 3. 避免「爬坡视角」。不要一味地遵循算法不断地提升自我，允许生活中随机事件的发生。很多人都是一路闷头前行，最后登上山峰才发现眼前并不是自己想要看到的景象。 4. Naval倡导大家遵循自己与生俱来的智性和好奇心，2021年最好的职业就是JPEG收藏家。 5. 目前最前沿的科技是基于互联网的web3和加密货币。开源、可移植数据、用户隐私、去中心化、社区和个体拥有权都属于前沿领域的一部分。 6. 人类社会的最大问题：如何让陌生人在不认识对方的情况下相互协调并产生信...

Time is one of the common themes from ancient Chinese mythology and historical books. For example, the Monkey King from Journey to the West only went to Heaven for ten days as a horse trainer. When he returned to his hometown Mount Huaguo he realised that many years had passed on earth. Just like an old Chinese saying goes, "one day in heaven equals one year on earth". According to Book of the Later Han, a woodcutter saw two men playing chess on his way to work in a mountain. So he stopped ov...

Time is one of the common themes from ancient Chinese mythology and historical books. For example, the Monkey King from Journey to the West only went to Heaven for ten days as a horse trainer. When he returned to his hometown Mount Huaguo he realised that many years had passed on earth. Just like an old Chinese saying goes, "one day in heaven equals one year on earth". According to Book of the Later Han, a woodcutter saw two men playing chess on his way to work in a mountain. So he stopped ov...

Dao produces one (universe), One produced two (of YIN and YANG), Two produced three (of Heaven, Earth and Man), Three produced the universe of all things. Lao Zi, Dao De JingI used to live a double life in high school:Daytime: lovely A-class student with good grades in the physical worldLunch break and nighttime: underground gamer collecting skins/weapons and fighting opponents to level up in the virtual world.One day, my teachers discovered my secret identity by spot-checking the Internet Ca...

Dao produces one (universe), One produced two (of YIN and YANG), Two produced three (of Heaven, Earth and Man), Three produced the universe of all things. Lao Zi, Dao De JingI used to live a double life in high school:Daytime: lovely A-class student with good grades in the physical worldLunch break and nighttime: underground gamer collecting skins/weapons and fighting opponents to level up in the virtual world.One day, my teachers discovered my secret identity by spot-checking the Internet Ca...