Emilie Kormienko

A habit tracker is a simple way to measure whether you did a habit.

But Homo sapiens’ dependency on social communication and education is as much of a curse as it is a gift. On the flip side of the coin, it is education’s fault that religious myths and fake news propagate so easily in human societies. From the earliest age, our brains trustfully absorb the tales we are told, whether they are true or false. In a... See more

One of my deepest held beliefs is that creativity, in its many forms, is humanity’s greatest gift, and our most potent source of strength. We’re at our best both individually and as a species when we’re creatively and courageously confronting the world in front of us. The Pattern is the greatest threat to creativity in all its forms. And it's going... See more

People feel torn between doing what they know to be right and what the powerful emergent incentives of the system demand. People who resist get increasingly worn out and burnt out.

Tokens can be fungible or non-fungible:  Fungible tokens are interchangeable (e.g., the US dollar, bitcoin).  Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique (e.g., a piece of art).  

Tokens align network participants to work together toward a common goal — the growth of the network and the appreciation of the token.  This fixes the core problem of centralized networks, where the value is accumulated by one company, and the company ends up fighting its own users and partners.

The 80/20 Rule will help you find the useful things in your past and get more of them in the future. But if you don’t want your future to be more of your past, then you need a different approach.

I tried to embrace “learning in public” as much as I could. In addition to writing blog posts and tweeting, I created a bunch of other artifacts, like conference talks (developer conferences are a thing, which was new for me!), interviews, a podcast series, and lists published as GitHub repositories.