“Since when is life about happiness? It’s about impact … I think happiness is a trailing indicator of impact, and I think truly sustained happiness comes from impact.” – Daniel Ekrevisit
E.g., Zcash
E.g., money and computer
- 1-2g2b2a Computer is technology that has deep theoretical and philosophical significance
- 8-1b4 Blockchains are new kind of computer
- Bitcoin = Money + Computer !develop
- 8-1b4 Blockchains are new kind of computer
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- Invest >>> Speculate (e.g., see Li Lu on the distinction)
- Bet on one-way doors knowledge (fundamental kind which changes the way people interact) rather than two-way doors (e.g., expectations around positioning in terms of what other people would do)
- 3-1c3c2a Any ideas have the potential to be MORE universal (if not universal), and constraints are to be removed sooner or later because knowledge is irreversible
- 4-1a4b6a0.4 Bill Gates - ‘No matter how much money you have, you can’t buy more time. There are only 24 hours in everyone’s day’ (Time ≠ Money)
- 5-3a Knowledge via new explanations is inherently creative and its effects are positive-sum, because it begets new problems to be solved
- 5-3c Knowledge is irreversible, and can only go from private to public
- Bet on one-way doors knowledge (fundamental kind which changes the way people interact) rather than two-way doors (e.g., expectations around positioning in terms of what other people would do)
- 7-1d2a The relation between technology and the problem-situation (i.e., culture and mind) is reflexivereflexivity
- 8-1c4d5b There are many ways by which apps, platforms, and people can interact reflexivelyreflexivity
- 10-2g1d Humans are the apex predators because we plan, share knowledge, and leave knowledge for future generations, by talking to each other. We are knowledge-oriented.
- Ask: What happens with blockchains?