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Yesterday, I decided that my blogging career should come to an end. I was doing myself a disservice. I told myself that the goal of the posts was to dig deeper, peel back the layers, get down to the core. But by publishing online (or on-chain as the case may be), I was subconsciously writing for others, even if I told myself that I didn't care if others read. So, in an effort to be more authentic, I figured I'd stop publishing and start doing a private journal. Within 2 hours of that decision...
jer979Value. Happiness.
I feel happy. It's fun, it's light, like a feather floating at the beginning of Forrest Gump. But, like the feather, it's not grounded. It can flitter and float away. Value is also ephemeral. We know it when we see it. We feel it, somewhere deep inside. Something connects to us, saying "yes, this is worth it." The "it" that it's worth is energy. Energy in the form of time, attention, money. The things of which our possession is limited. There's a reason why all the great traditions point to "...
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jer979Purpose Struggle
Yesterday, I decided that my blogging career should come to an end. I was doing myself a disservice. I told myself that the goal of the posts was to dig deeper, peel back the layers, get down to the core. But by publishing online (or on-chain as the case may be), I was subconsciously writing for others, even if I told myself that I didn't care if others read. So, in an effort to be more authentic, I figured I'd stop publishing and start doing a private journal. Within 2 hours of that decision...
jer979Value. Happiness.
I feel happy. It's fun, it's light, like a feather floating at the beginning of Forrest Gump. But, like the feather, it's not grounded. It can flitter and float away. Value is also ephemeral. We know it when we see it. We feel it, somewhere deep inside. Something connects to us, saying "yes, this is worth it." The "it" that it's worth is energy. Energy in the form of time, attention, money. The things of which our possession is limited. There's a reason why all the great traditions point to "...
jer979Coffee with AI
Every day for the past month, I’ve had a coffee date with AI. I literally sit down, with a cup of coffee, with an appointment on my calendar that says “coffee with AI”. During that time, AI (I’ve used ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Venice) and I literally have a chat, the way I would with a friend. It’s not “write this letter for me” or “do this or that.” No, it’s a chance for us to have a conversation about whatever topic I want. Many days, recently, at least, it’s been about quant...
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There’s a need to rank, to order, to prioritize, to compare.
To say “this is better,” or “that is worse.”
It helps.
Without a refined model, it’s difficult to make decisions and even more difficult to figure out what the “right” decision is, at a given moment.
What we are optimizing for is an important, but different decision.
But when we feel like we understand a “ranking,” we feel empowered.
Feel stronger.
But when there’s a lot of information, we need shortcuts, heuristics, guides.
So, we look for signals of priority, of rank, of legitimacy.
But what happens when those signals aren’t real?
What happens when they are manufactured not because they really represent true superiority, but simply because the manufacturers of the signals know that others are looking for those signals?
Then, we’re being manipulated.
But we think we’re being thoughtful.
If we don’t see the constructs, the “legitimacy industry” owns us.
I am just trying to raise my own awareness of when I’m allowing the game to control me.
Probably more than I want.
There’s a need to rank, to order, to prioritize, to compare.
To say “this is better,” or “that is worse.”
It helps.
Without a refined model, it’s difficult to make decisions and even more difficult to figure out what the “right” decision is, at a given moment.
What we are optimizing for is an important, but different decision.
But when we feel like we understand a “ranking,” we feel empowered.
Feel stronger.
But when there’s a lot of information, we need shortcuts, heuristics, guides.
So, we look for signals of priority, of rank, of legitimacy.
But what happens when those signals aren’t real?
What happens when they are manufactured not because they really represent true superiority, but simply because the manufacturers of the signals know that others are looking for those signals?
Then, we’re being manipulated.
But we think we’re being thoughtful.
If we don’t see the constructs, the “legitimacy industry” owns us.
I am just trying to raise my own awareness of when I’m allowing the game to control me.
Probably more than I want.
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