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Can we tokenize trust?

> What happens when the crowd decides critical matters as easily as following fake news and anonymously criticising people on social media? I assume #web3 [https://twitter.com/hashtag/web3?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] architects have thought about this? Any recommended reading? — Phil Morle 🖖🏻 (@philmorle) October 3,
05 Oct 2021 2 min read

Lenses online

Focus. Pick an audience. Know your niche. All common advice for creators, but it is advice I am beginning to question. This advice likely originated in the third chapter of a half baked book on startup advice. It is advice repeated across blogs, LinkedIn and youtube about helping people "
06 Jul 2021 3 min read
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Book Review: Effortless by Greg McKewon

> Do only as much today as you can recover from before tomorrow That phrase has haunted me since finishing Effortless by Greg McKeown. If you read that and think, 'Ha, that sounds like weakness', then you are an idiot. I say that with conviction because I myself
22 Jun 2021 2 min read

On Video Games and Getting Older

When I was a teenager, I played a lot of different video games. I wouldn't say I spent a long time playing video games, but I enjoyed trying new ones. I wanted to be up to date with games, both popular and obscure, and there was a concrete
15 Jun 2021 2 min read
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Book Review: Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom

Nick Bostrom presents a broad and interesting review of the possible futures of superintelligent AI. The book provides an easy to approach summary of threats and potential solutions. Still, the book left me with more of an introduction to vocabulary than a practical approach on what to do about it.
03 Jun 2021 3 min read
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Book Review: Ultralearning by Scott Young

Ultralearning by Scott Young is a practical, well-written guide to learning things at speed. It should appeal to anyone who loves productivity hacks, deep work or general self-improvement. The book combines tactics with well-researched examples. This combination provides a clear introduction to some interesting learning techniques without feeling like a
13 Sep 2020 3 min read

Planning and Fear

More of my time has been lost due to fear than poor productivity. I am a sucker for productivity hacks. If there is a tool or system that can squeeze a little more out of my day, I’m willing to try it. For a long time, this leads to
03 Jul 2020 5 min read

Leverage

I was listening to an interview between Seth Godin and Tim Ferris. In the interview Seth classified the difference between freelancing and entrepreneurship. In a rough rewording, it came down to leverage. Freelancing is all about swapping your time for money. Entrepreneurship is about finding a need and filling it
15 Jul 2019 2 min read

Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

I’ve come to realise that anything that’s worth doing is located at least one foot outside your comfort zone. The things that matter are there, like starting relationships or ending them, diving into your next startup, learning a new skill. All these things come to people who put
02 May 2017 5 min read
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