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“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.” – Sebastian Junger

Having worked so hard to have children, parents may feel it's only natural to expect happiness from the experience. And they'll find happiness of course, but not necessarily continuously, and not always in the forms they might expect.

Cheap access to capital should drive innovation and problem-solving... why is it that “money in the 21st century simply doesn’t know what to do with itself”?

Girard’s theory of human nature explains the true origin of desire and its consequences if not directed properly

Over the past 24 hours, 7 days, and 30 days, Axie Infinity has done more volume than any other NFT Marketplace, including open ones like OpenSea, Foundation, and Rarible, and asset-specific ones like CryptoPunks, NBA TopShot, and SoRare.

On Twitch, viewers subscribe to support a creator and stand out in the creator’s community (e.g., through sub-only emotes and chat badges). They also subscribe to get a shout-out from the creator and other viewers in a live channel.

One of the key lessons of the Wisdom of Crowds is that we don't always know where good information is. That's why, in general, it's smarter to cast as wide a net as possible, rather than wasting time figuring out who should be in the group and who should not. This idea is well suited to the internet.