rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
Today I’ll introduce blockchain as a machine for creating credible commitments . That is, blockchain is a tool for strangers (and indeed nemeses) to make particular representations and commitments to future condition-sensitive action in a trustless way. A blockchain is a tool for enforceable, programmable promises. If this looks similar to contract... See more
Baz • You should design trust infrastructure
rationality is a method of dealing with uncertainty by devouring information and making simplifying assumptions about the outside world until you can convince yourself that you understand it
hinterlander • Tweet
self trust and
The Forest and
Collecting losses, and becoming a connoisseur of catastrophe, won’t help you get a win next time around.
Jason Fried • Tweet
“Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to.”
—David Graeber
—David Graeber
Chad C. Mulligan on Substack
In its highest form, the manifesto acts as a magic spell incanted by the visionary artist. It is a performative speech/act that attempts to bring a new reality into existence.
Julian Hanna • The 10 Things All Great Manifestos Need
Consider one more possibility: that the people who seem to slow us down and hold us back are actually preventing things from happening too fast. Imagine that the evolution of your life or our culture is like a pregnancy: It needs to reach its full term. Just as a child isn’t ready to be born after five months of gestation, the New Earth we’re
... See moreRob Brezsny • Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia
Embed future in today. Action bias in here and now. And weave time to unleash compounding. Small steady steps in right direction
"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."
—JH Newman
—JH Newman
Luke Burgis • Tweet
Quotes and self renewal