Communication is the clothing of the consciousness. – Gavin Wood It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Lincoln A. the gap between what’s true and what you want to be true is closed by what you do risk energizes gm to everyone who understands language is a poor proxy for ideas and most disagreements are semantic the world can only give you feedback on what it already knows complexity is cheap simplicity is expensive fear and greed are infinite resources "The psyche is trying to understand itself by playing with symbols." 'the metaverse' is more about identity liquidity than any specific digital environment switching avatars to match tweets switching community to match mood adoption measured by the normalization of maintaining a decentralized identity imagine trading your life on a 1 day chart "web3" is the crescendo of a multi-decade species-wide larp of doing bullshit jobs now you can larp in plain sight to be clear i am not missing on web3, whatever it may be it is the more honest version of playing a character we have constructed some very impressive (but largely boring) larps as a species not any more it's hard to play the long game when you're losing the short game vibe shift reach → resonance unique is harder than good you are your most important client replace the incentive to provoke with the incentive to contribute it cannot be overstated how *one* person believing in your work can alter the trajectory of your life but most focus on trying to get thousands of people to sort of like it or to merely consume it the algorithm is not your friend your friend is your algorithm this functions as a sort of unlock when paired with the internet that leads to many meaningful connections but you have to start with the truth 'If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.' intellectual public property the number goes up when you focus on what you can't count write it when you feel it, or it won’t get written million dollar idea believe in yourself