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Tanay
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reality is language (h/t Terrence McKenna)
it’s amazing how my thinking and mental models evolved as my lexicon expanded
it’s amazing how my thinking and mental models evolved as my lexicon expanded
wannabe wordsmith…
unconstrained.
the path to mass adoption is laden with geopolitical turmoil.
as a biz , either be a commodity or monopoly - there is no in between
i is the wrapper on the void
mev is like entropy
you need to work to bring order to the chaos
building the right system to do this work is hard
time-boost is an example of a wrong system
you need to work to bring order to the chaos
building the right system to do this work is hard
time-boost is an example of a wrong system
one of the most prominent root causes of problems are inaction and close mindedness
enforce mechanisms through code, not governance
https://x.com/apriori0x/status/1832990454272442602?s=46&t=eNTSdGzsN9OtaBqfc5wSug
After reading Deutsch, I have a newfound appreciation for physics analogies
cc @apriori
After reading Deutsch, I have a newfound appreciation for physics analogies
cc @apriori
in the cone of shrinking attention spans, alpha lies in moving up the ladder of detail
your need for a “short summary” is my opportunity
your need for a “short summary” is my opportunity
books are like psychedelics, in the sense that they can change your mind materially
been enjoying a lot of japanese retro music lately
https://open.spotify.com/track/2BHj31ufdEqVK5CkYDp9mA?si=etFVNPrfToaqWuhZxMfOEg
https://open.spotify.com/track/2BHj31ufdEqVK5CkYDp9mA?si=etFVNPrfToaqWuhZxMfOEg
unscalable, highly scalable -> scale free
fair ordering, unfair ordering -> ordering agnostic
valuable, not valuable -> locally determined value
what else would you add to the list?
fair ordering, unfair ordering -> ordering agnostic
valuable, not valuable -> locally determined value
what else would you add to the list?
“you’re not dumb, you just lack the prerequisites.“
this is so true and I always felt it
reading this piece on leuloch.dev gave me the external confirmation I was looking for
this is so true and I always felt it
reading this piece on leuloch.dev gave me the external confirmation I was looking for
what can you learn by observing the tension between continuous and discrete?
blocks get appended in the direction of increasing entropy
block number goes up, entropy goes up
block number goes up, entropy goes up
colocation is warpdrive
thiel sounds like joker if he didn’t become deranged
what is the next “podcast”?
some people like to congratulate themselves on spotting tradeoffs in a choice -
that’s only a small part of the decision matrix.
the more important decision is to bet whether trade off A will win over trade off B…
that’s only a small part of the decision matrix.
the more important decision is to bet whether trade off A will win over trade off B…
Why must one imagine Sisyphus happy?
i’m just seeing this abstraction:
redundancy builds censorship resistance
especially when participation is permissionless
redundancy builds censorship resistance
especially when participation is permissionless
“information societies promise to dramatically, reduce the returns to violence in part because they transcend locality.”