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The Internet has fundamentally shifted. What we have forgotten, it seems, is that our behaviors on the Internet have changed, too.

Everyone else, the vast majority of humanity, lacks Reality Privilege—their online world is, or will be, immeasurably richer and more fulfilling than most of the physical and social environment around them in the quote-unquote real world.

A lot of time online, as we know, is just being wasted ... The sheer number of hours when we really think about the millions or billions of hours that are used on social networks—I think it was a necessary step to get people online ... But I think one issue is that social networks were invented and scaled 10 years, 7 yearsish before cryptocurrency.... See more

The “Transitional Tech Generation” grew up with a maniacal focus on friction-reduction, creating tons of value along the way by smoothing interfaces and transactions. But there’s more to unlock. There are layers to this thing.

80% of Americans don’t exercise enough or at all, despite the fact that gyms, studios, and fitness apps abound.

Why is that a revelation? Well, the problem is that if you think about it, what that means is that the only way to discover any of these things was to not be trying to discover them.