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 "...
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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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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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I’ve started reading Balaji Srinavasan’s new book, The Network State.
It’s basically a how-to guide for starting a “cloud-first, land-second” country.
At first, you might be thinking, “this is crazy, a new country starting in the cloud and then getting land and then getting admitted to the UN?!”
But it’s not so far-fetched.
Global communities form every day around topics ranging from sports teams to politics to quilting.
Now, with crypto, they have a way to organize assets and decision making.
One of interesting points he raises in the book is that most of us think of the current political environment as between people who think in a “God-first” way vs. those who think ing a “State-first” way.
In the book, Balaji introduced a third way. Those who think “network-first.”
It’s a more ecosystem, holistic way of thinking about the interrelationships between people with similar worldviews.
The network-first thinkers have been growing since the dawn of time, but were put on hyperspeed with the arrival of the Internet and now crypto.
This makes a network state a pretty distinct possibility.
More to come.
I’ve started reading Balaji Srinavasan’s new book, The Network State.
It’s basically a how-to guide for starting a “cloud-first, land-second” country.
At first, you might be thinking, “this is crazy, a new country starting in the cloud and then getting land and then getting admitted to the UN?!”
But it’s not so far-fetched.
Global communities form every day around topics ranging from sports teams to politics to quilting.
Now, with crypto, they have a way to organize assets and decision making.
One of interesting points he raises in the book is that most of us think of the current political environment as between people who think in a “God-first” way vs. those who think ing a “State-first” way.
In the book, Balaji introduced a third way. Those who think “network-first.”
It’s a more ecosystem, holistic way of thinking about the interrelationships between people with similar worldviews.
The network-first thinkers have been growing since the dawn of time, but were put on hyperspeed with the arrival of the Internet and now crypto.
This makes a network state a pretty distinct possibility.
More to come.
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