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What happens if inflation actually does go vertical?Digital stays cheap, but physical becomes a premium product. Zoom > flights, Twitter > theaters.Even more of life would crowd onto centralized tech

If you’ve been fortunate enough to do well this year, consider joining me and @VitalikButerin by donating at the addresses below.But if all you have is Twitter, help spread the

Capital is a commodity. Choose investors on the basis of their distribution. That can be consumer distribution in the form of social media & brand halo, or enterprise distribution in

A solo media founder like Rogan or Mr Beast can make as much money as a strong tech founder, with significantly less managerial stress.Tech created this ecosystem but there’s a

How to directly monetize crypto UX1) Build a frontend to a smart contract2) Add transaction buttons3) Add a small convenience-fee-taking intermediary contract4) Route all transactions through thatNow you've directly priced

Some of the greatest turnarounds in history.NationalMeiji Restoration, 1868Singapore, 1965Boluan Fanzheng, 1978Estonia, 1991Manmohan Singh, 1991TechAndy Grove, 1986Steve Jobs, 1996Jeff Bezos, 2001Elon Musk, 2008Mark Zuckerberg, 2012Satya Na

The Cool WarThesis: America is transitioning from the coolest country in the world to the holiest country in the world. From blue jeans & counterculture to blue checks & cancel

We really should be in the middle of a golden age of productivity. Within living memory, computers did not exist. Photocopiers did not exist. *Backspace* did not exist. You had

Want a totally fresh take on tech journalism?Behold: an interviewer who knows enough about DNS to conduct an informative interview with the inventor of DNS.https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/btc-interview-paul-mockapetris Great

Media corporations are slowly realizing that leverage has shifted.You don’t need to give free content to Bezos, Sulzberger, or Murdoch employees to get the word out anymore.Just build your own

Going viralWhat if this coronavirus is the pandemic that public health people have been warning about for years?It would accelerate many pre-existing trends.- border closures- nationalism- social isolation- preppers- remote

Crypto is what comes after Silicon Valley. Some of the reasons why:1) It has much more philosophical depth than tech. Can’t understand BTC without history2) It has an international, remote-first,