FVS4: Billionaires, Blockchain is useless, 17 years vow of silence

JULY 25, 2018 · 4 MIN READ · newsletterpersonal-developmentbooks

“Life is a single player game. You’re born alone. You’re going to die alone. All of your interpretations are alone. All your memories are…

FVS4: Billionaires, Blockchain is useless, 17 years vow of silence

“Life is a single player game. You’re born alone. You’re going to die alone. All of your interpretations are alone. All your memories are alone. You’re gone in three generations and no one cares. Before you showed up nobody cared. It’s all single player.”

— Naval Ravikant

Holla :), some solid ideas that informed, inspired and challenged me. Check them out I think they might add some value to you. Do let me know which of them added the most value

WHY ARE YOUNG BILLIONAIRES SO BORING

“Class mobility, as defined by the percentage of children who earn more than their parents, has been in a state of mostly uninterrupted decline since the 1940s.”

This piece talks about the worlds billionaires and a bit of data on where they come from. The top 3 are in tech, the youngest is 34 years old. They all come from wealthy middle-class families and have access to elite education. Kinda gives you an idea of what you need to do as a parent to prepare your offspring for success, or even yourself… enjoy 🙂

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THE LOW DOWN ON LUST, LOVE, ROMANCE

“Love is easily one of the most complicated human experiences.”

I love her break down of romance, desire, passion and intimacy.

It will provide you with a few metaphors to differentiate these largely misunderstood terms.

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BLOCKCHAIN IS NOT ONLY CRAPPY TECHNOLOGY, BUT A BAD VISION OF THE FUTURE

“There is no single person in existence who had a problem they wanted to solve, discovered that an available blockchain solution was the best way to solve it, and therefore became a blockchain enthusiast.”

Over the past couple of months, blockchain has really become a “bigggggggg” word. it has become the most trendy thing in technology, with this period being likened to the beginning of the internet. It has become so mainstream, entrepreneurs, investors, banks, companies all have a massive FOMO about it. I even read a full book (The Blockchain Revolution) on it a few months ago to go in-depth and see what opportunities it can leverage my current venture. But alas Kati thinks its all a crappy idea. Geeeeeeeeez!

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PODCAST OF THE WEEK: THE ANGEL PHILOSOPHER

This is the first podcast I’m sharing cos it’s awesome. Farnam Street is one of the smartest blogs on my reading list, I literally feel smarter whenever I finish one article on it. Combine Farnam Street with Naval, the founder of Angel List (I summarized some wisdom from Naval some weeks back). Here Naval shares his ideas on basic life concepts. If you like to think deep thoughts, Its a solid listen that challenges a few mental models.

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I’ll throw in a new category this week.

TED TALK OF THE WEEK: WALK THE EARTH

John is just incredible, the man stopped entering cars cos they because of their environmental side-effects and like that’s not enough He stopped talking for a solid 17 years cos He talks too much WOW!!!!! Ridiculous amounts of discipline and single-mindedness in a world of group-think. Absolutely challenged me.

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