“Don’t judge a book by its cover” -> everyone judges books by their cover “Don’t focus on status” -> everyone is obsessed with status “Be yourself” -> everyone is performing All advice is a confession about human nature - that the opposite behavior is near-universal- We’re saints offline (drink less, smoke less, have less sex) but degenerates online (gamble with leverage, watch porn, doomscroll TikTok)
- The are only three posts on Instagram: someone gets married, someone goes to Japan, someone runs a marathon
- Excellent post on how crypto is finance but finance is expanding. 1. We’re headed towards a billion active traders. More people now have an “edge” investing in what they know - TikTok trends, games they play, products they use. 2. Permissionless markets allow users to express
