research is simply a continuation of something we already naturally do: learning. Learning happens when you understand something that someone else already understands. Research happens when you understand something that nobody else understands yet.
The decentralized web should be conceptualized as three distinct spheres: one for speculators (trade), one for participants (earn), and one for consumers (burn). The speculative web encompasses any risky activity where one outlays capital for the purpose of earning a financial return. The participant web involves anyone building or participating in... See more
Tyler has identified talent either earlier than or missed by top undergraduate programs, the best biotech startups, and the best biotech investors, all without any insider knowledge of biotech. In comparison, Forbes 30U30, MIT Tech Review TR35, or Stat Wunderkind, and other industry awards that highlight talent are lagging indicators of success. It... See more
Coordinape: Coordinape is a web3-native compensation tool that spun out of the Yearn ecosystem. To quickly summarize, it’s a peer assessment-based tool where contributors can allocate “GIVE” tokens to their colleagues based on the amount of work they’ve done over some period of time. At the end of the round, users split the pool of funds pro-rata b... See more
Although searching for one's life purpose in work can be a noble pursuit, the popularized notion of Ikigai that locates meaning only in work is misguided. It has diluted the term to the point where we've lost the script.
One through-line that cuts through all of the above is business model innovation. U.S. consumer internet has long been reliant on digital advertising. Partly because it matured on mobile—at a time when mobile advertising was less proven and mature—the Chinese consumer internet pioneered more creative and diversified revenue streams. Take Facebook a... See more