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Students: paying products with tokens, earning tokens for studying, getting tokens through schoolarships, etc
Miguel Caballero • Tokenomics: how we design them and why the token matters more than the money
For the privileged, this sort of works. The arrangement enables the affluent to dedicate more hours to work and email, unencumbered by family commitments. They can afford to hire people who will do the work that extended family used to do. But a lingering sadness lurks, an awareness that life is emotionally vacant when family and close friends... See more
David Brooks • The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
The self is not something you can set out looking for; it reveals itself gradually through the choices you make.
We must cease to concern ourselves with our unique suffering – whether we are happy or sad, fortunate or unfortunate, good or bad – and give up our neurotic and debilitating journeys of self-discovery. Art of true value requires, like a... See more
www.henrikkarlsson.xyz • Two Kinds of Introspection
you don’t need to know who you are to become an artist. art molds us into the shape it wants us to be and the thing that serves it best.
In our opinion, (reasoned) confidence, (deserved/earned) trust and (resultant) patience is what seems to be lacking in so many business, charity and political ecosystems. The table above contains a list of short-term characteristics and their long-term alternatives.
Short-term vs Long-term - The I.G.Y. Foundation
I contend that the best way to understand all the crazy beliefs out there — aliens, conspiracies, and all the rest — is to analyze them as crony beliefs. Beliefs that have been "hired" not for the legitimate purpose of accurately modeling the world, but rather for social and political kickbacks.
Kevin Simler • Crony Beliefs
Commissions (or interaction taxes) are viewed as the “obvious” way to monetize a marketplace.
Sameer Singh • The Marketplace Monetization Map: Complexity and Asymmetry
look at what your competitors do, and ask yourself a series of questions: “Are their strategy and goals the same as mine?” If their strategy and beliefs are different, and you still have conviction in your own, then you shouldn’t be distracted. Stay the course
Scott Belsky • The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
The “passion economy” thesis assumes that an audience will want everything a creator brings to market, the way viewers of the “Rachael Ray” show will often buy Rachael Ray cookbooks and cookware. But starting a newsletter does not immediately lead to speaking engagements, and not all writers can generate multiple distinct products. Yglesias told me... See more