maybe time to write again 👀

As someone building a VC-backed company now, it is now to hear the other side exists. It's something I knew already but hadn't seen. I've been reading a lot of PG lately also, so I appreciate the critique.

this resonated!

Crypto’s deeper problem isn’t UX, it’s that it is not useful enough.

The second reason I am still long on crypto is the people. That may sound counterintuitive given the description of the casino we are currently in. Who wants to be surrounded by a swarm of gamblers?

While crypto may have plenty of them, it also has some of the most fiercely intelligent, driven, and gritty people I have met. Though infuriated and disappointed by much of this week, I have also been reminded of these qualities. Founders, investors, and operators I speak to know their jobs have become much harder and are determined to continue, undaunted. These people believe (as I do) the movement is too important to abandon; it will emerge stronger.

It really is like that

You build when there’s blood on the streets, and rake it in when those same streets are paved with gold. Everything you see now has happened before, and it’ll happen again. The script is the same, just the casting and props change.

Wise words for a frantic time

Unreal

Fully terrifying. Vote.

I’d like to try physical Aikido as well I think. Verbal Aikido is worth a shot as the tiny things can become mountains during quarantine easily with us both stressed, working, exhausted, etc.

Heavy stuff. 2020 isn't over yet ...

Very timely. The author invokes the Civil War and reminds us the intensely aspirational nature of America – and the perils that come with it.

I think most of us feel this way, I hope we can rise to our challenges as we did in the past.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

😭 😔🙏

Altucher again.

I'm a bit addicted to his rapid fire idea vomit style. I do like the approach he takes of throwing out existing broken ideas for new ways to solve problems. He also knows they aren't perfect but the writing provides a mental space to imagine new ways of doing things, which I love.

I like the vast majority of his ideas here although surely the systems are far more complex than he lays out. I do want to implement CityBucks.

The city is shifting, but doesn't seem so doom-and-gloom as these business leaders are making it seem.

Love space. Venus’ intense atmosphere makes things tricky. I wish ReadUp loaded the images for this article lol I’m going to have to go see them on the original webpage.

“Truthfully, I think it’s really good for the neighborhood to see the struggle that people have,” Ms. Breier said, and to recognize “the humanity that everyone has.”

Well said Ms. Breier

As a DJ this makes a lot of sense 😎

James Altucher, aka NYC is Dead author, back at it with 2084. It's a fairly dystopian view for sure, maybe only written to generate more buzz. I agree with parts but disagree with his Crypto-dominance analysis and geographical breakdowns. Interesting to divide the US by major electrical grids.

This read felt eye opening to me. I experience this daily as part of a massive corporation: my manager is incompetent to manage or lead me and my peers and was hired based on irrelevant CV. He is likely to get promoted soon.

I got a taste of a startup recently and realized that’s where I excel. Time to re-evaluate.

Lil internet spat here between Altucher & Seinfeld. Reading this in NYC, I'm inclined to agree with Seinfeld although I actually do like Altucher's writing and agree with his points on a lot of people leaving NYC for good.

Daytime napping is my fave and I also enjoy TV 🤪 everything in moderation? I don’t suffer from depression either but doing those activities ad nauseam without socialization I could see it happening.

We’ll get out of this by the end of 2021.

Sounds about right to me.

i think i’m starting a newsletter lol

Loved this. Simply pausing to consider what I don’t know and potential blind spots seems like it would have great outcomes.

What happened to the digital machine that was Obama's campaign in 2008? The Democrats seem to have forgotten everything they've learned including basic research. smh

WBW is one of my favorite authors. I'm not sure when this was published but feels earlier in its subject, tone, and composition. I'd encourage everyone to check out waitbutwhy.com for his articles on Elon Musk, The Story of Us, and Relationships as they're really more like small books that are incredibly well written and insightful. In reading this, I realized I'm not terrified of bugs whatsoever but really strongly dislike the annoying ones.

Freedom of thought and civil tolerance of contradictory ideas is paramount in determining the nuanced moralistic fiber of modern nations. I hope we see it sustained.

Cool. I’d love to design UX for this.

Big fan of this concept of "live content" that adapts to its situation to best suit the audience, although the downside would be it may become more difficult to chat about something you've watched with a friend as their version would be different. Interesting concepts regardless.

I was surprised to see online retail only jumping from 15% to 25% of all retail but the rest of this wasn't terribly shocking. I enjoyed the broad overview and recoiled at the stat about 42% of workers likely not returning to work. We're in for a few tough economic years I think.

A thorough look at what it will take for us to move forward meaningfully. I would unfortunately bet in the current climate not many organizations will be capable or willing to employ such methods. I think this is one of the clearest articles I've read on coronavirus since we went into pandemic and does give me a lot of hope.

In general I'm too nervous to commit anything to public forums of writing outside my ReadUp/Reddit comments despite feeling a certain intrinsic drive to do so.

I was browsing around and really enjoyed this blog post chockfull of reminders to stay true to and write for yourself.

I also have a friend who writes bi-weekly blog posts (readup.com/@woj) who's inspiring me to take up the gauntlet, so we'll see!

I knew the majority of this and fall into the “who cares” camp so I’m off to watch the Glenn Greenwalkd TED talk. I already use Signal though! Along with every other service listed 😬

Link for those who'd like to watch: https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters