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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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One of the errors I’ve made in the past when it comes to emerging technologies is that I underestimate how long the transition will take.
Take the Internet or Social Media, for example. Basically, as soon as I was exposed to it, I realized they were going to be huge.
What I didn’t appreciate was how long it would take to deploy the infrastructure and top rate user experiences that would make it huge for everyone.
With crypto, I wasn’t going to make that mistake again. Besides, it wasn’t difficult to see how poor the UX was.
But, and it’s not like I didn’t experience this at Sprinklr, but I think I underestimated just how hard it would be, particularly because of the entrenched interests (i.e. the government, central banks, and traditional finance) that, unlike in previous epochs of change, are, for the most part, standing in opposition.
It brings to mind Ben Horowitz’s book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers.
Start-up life is a grind. And, most of the time, you just have to grind, particularly when there are no easy answers.
We’ll get there, but it’s not going to be easy.
Though it will be worth it.
One of the errors I’ve made in the past when it comes to emerging technologies is that I underestimate how long the transition will take.
Take the Internet or Social Media, for example. Basically, as soon as I was exposed to it, I realized they were going to be huge.
What I didn’t appreciate was how long it would take to deploy the infrastructure and top rate user experiences that would make it huge for everyone.
With crypto, I wasn’t going to make that mistake again. Besides, it wasn’t difficult to see how poor the UX was.
But, and it’s not like I didn’t experience this at Sprinklr, but I think I underestimated just how hard it would be, particularly because of the entrenched interests (i.e. the government, central banks, and traditional finance) that, unlike in previous epochs of change, are, for the most part, standing in opposition.
It brings to mind Ben Horowitz’s book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers.
Start-up life is a grind. And, most of the time, you just have to grind, particularly when there are no easy answers.
We’ll get there, but it’s not going to be easy.
Though it will be worth it.
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