# Mixed Realities with TJ Kawamura

> Welcome to Mixed Realities, a place where I share thoughts on the future of the physical and digital worlds and the interactions between the two. I explore how these overlapping realities shape the way we live, connect, and create.

I’m TJ Kawamura, an entrepreneur and investor exploring the intersections of technology, culture, and community. My background spans building companies, advising in the crypto and gaming space, and writing about emerging technologies and the rituals that shape daily life.

You can find more about my work at tjkawamura.com

## Recent Posts

- [You Are the Training Data](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/you-are-the-training-data): AI data collection is entering its most intimate phase. We still don't have an ownership model.
- [AI Will Run on Crypto Rails](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/ai-will-run-on-crypto-rails): The protocol stack forming beneath the agent economy
- [The Internet’s Identity Crisis Goes Both Ways](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/the-internets-identity-crisis-goes-both-ways): We can’t prove humans are human or that agents are agents. That’s not a feature request. It’s an infrastructure failure.
- [How Charlie Munger Thought](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/how-charlie-munger-thought): The art of avoiding stupidity
- [You Are What You Consume](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/you-are-what-you-consume): Building a system for deliberate consumption
- [What AI Cannot Replace](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/what-ai-cannot-replace): On Mastery, Process, and the Things That Last
- [2026: What Becomes Scarce](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/2026-what-becomes-scarce): Physical data. Trust. Taste. Time. The next decade isn’t about more. It’s about what survives.
- [How Marty Supreme Was Launched for the Modern Attention Economy](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/how-marty-supreme-was-launched-for-the-modern-attention-economy): Why the most effective marketing today feels like performance art, not promotion
- [Stablecoins: From Accumulation to Utility](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/stablecoins-from-accumulation-to-utility): How regulation unlocked banks, utility replaced speculation, and distribution will decide the winners
- [The Power of Heat: Lessons from Japan’s Onsen and Finland’s Sauna](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/the-power-of-heat-lessons-from-japans-onsen-and-finlands-sauna): How two ancient bathing traditions blend ritual, science, and community to support health and happiness.
- [Physical AI: The Next Frontier for Data](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/physical-ai-the-next-frontier-for-data): Why the future of AI depends on data from the real world, not the web.
- [What Startups Can Learn from the Savannah Bananas](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/what-startups-can-learn-from-the-savannah-bananas): Inside the “Fans First” playbook that turned a baseball team into a business case study for customer obsession.
- [Why Appchains Make Sense for High‑Volume Consumer Platforms](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/why-appchains-make-sense-for-high%E2%80%91volume-consumer-platforms-1): How consumer platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood are using appchains to own infrastructure, unlock new revenue, and reshape user experiences.
- [Your Chain Is Dead Without Distribution](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/your-chain-is-dead-without-distribution): As AI lowers the barrier to building, attention becomes the scarcest resource. In Web3, the winners won’t be the most technical—they’ll be the best at story telling and turning attention into action.
- [Cherry Blossoms and the Art of Being Present](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/cherry-blossoms-and-the-art-of-being-present): Slowing down in a fast-moving, hyper-digital world.
- [ETHDenver 2025 Recap ](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/ethdenver-2025-recap)
- [2024 Market Review and 2025 Predictions](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/2024-review-2025-predictions)

## Blog Information

- [Homepage](https://paragraph.com/@onchain-living-tjkawamura/): Main blog page
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