Jay Matthews

Physicists have long noted that their descriptions of the universe were not only accurate and precise, but also seemed to have an intrinsic, even surprising beauty. Wilczek aims to convince us that even if we cannot do physics, we can be amazed and inspired by this beauty, no differently from how we respond to works of art and music.

Narratives move the world. For early-stage founders, an impactful story is magnetic to talent, capital, and customers. Generalist Capital exists to help great entrepreneurs create and capitalize on narrative momentum.

Systems where defects are swept under the rug, or “will be dealt with at the end of the project” inevitably gain that unshakeable perception of being “buggy”, which will harm your digital product, no matter how innovative it is.

The constructivist paradigm has as its central focus is not abstraction (reduction) or approximation (modelling) of a single reality, but presentation of multiple, holistic, competing and often conflictual realities (including the inquirer's).

There’s a difference between hard work and hustle, and it’s mostly a spiritual one. Hard work can be done for the love of the work itself. ... Hustle is greedy and grasping. Everything is a means to an end. Nothing can be labored over for its own sake.

10 lessons from the past year

1. There has to be value: product market fit, there must be fundamental value for users


2. Web3 and crypto are not consumer friendly: people want problems addressed regardless of labels or terminology — " Crypto will scale when the technology becomes the invisible enabler of what consumer actually care about "


3. Incentive

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