A Personal Tech Tree
I love Balaji Srinivasans’s idea of using a tech tree as a "constantly updated open source map of everything you want to fund, how it interrelates, and what remains to be built.
Shingai Thornton
Thoughts on Network States
Balaji Srinivasan's new book, The Network State, is being hailed as an inspiring masterpiece by admirers. Critics are dismissing it as cynical, dangerous propaganda.
i really enjoyed @balajis's https://t.co/BUqDHaj7CG -
Why Systems Science?
My feelings about systems science in 2022 mirror my feelings about Bitcoin in 2012.
Bitcoin seemed mysterious, complex, powerful, and important. I didn't understand it, so I felt compelled to learn about it.
Bitcoin: An Experiment in Digital Currency
This is a paper that I wrote for my Writing 340 class at USC in December 2012. Posting here for reflection and to offer insight into why I got into crypto.
In 2008,
Musk, Twitter, and Digital Public Squares
I'd like to share some thoughts on Elon Musk, Twitter, and digital public
squares.
Elon Musk
Musk is fascinating and a top notch troll. The more he gets attacked by legacy
institutions, the