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The world would benefit from a proliferation of omakase in every sphere of life.

Set aside the peacetime generals who underpromise and underdeliver. Define ambitious causes that you will collectively fight for. Expect and reward individual sacrifice towards those causes. Such battle requires heroes whom you should enable and reward. The best people want to make a difference. Motivated people are capable of immense and uniquely

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The sociopaths quickly become best friends with selected creators. They dress just like the creators—only better. They talk just like the creators—only smoother. They may even do some creating—competently, if not creatively. Geeks may not be completely fooled, but they also are clueless about what the sociopaths are up to.

Part of why I get so furious when people dismiss creativity is that [when] it’s an activity practiced in its most noble and collaborative form, it means a bunch of people who come together in an empathic and selfless way. What I have come to realize is that the process of creating with large groups of people is really hard and is also unbelievably... See more

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, wrote that “Legitimacy is a pattern of higher-order acceptance.” When enough people within the system question the system’s fairness it threatens the system's ability to continue to function, and you get a legitimacy crisis.