Join 📚 Christian Champ's Highlights
A batch of the best highlights from what Christian's read, .
Non-traditional, free-agent information workers are not immune to environmental tempo.12 The tempo of free-agent life is driven by broader patterns of activity in big cities, activity on mailing lists, and other such free-form substitutes for institutional rhythms. Becoming a free agent means becoming attuned to the tempo of a particular corner of the economy. Release schedules of major projects drive the lives of open-source developers. Seasonal rhythms of trade shows, conferences and product releases drive the lives of independent consultants and analysts within industrial ecosystems. If you are a free-agent, how do the rhythms of your work life relate to those of the ecosystem you live in?
How is a new social network analogous to an ICO?
Each new social network issues a new form of social capital, a token.
You must show proof of work to earn the token.
Over time it becomes harder and harder to mine new tokens on each social network, creating built-in scarcity.
Many people, especially older folks, scoff at both social networks and cryptocurrencies.
Status as a Service
Eugene Wei
Virtue is multifaceted for Smith, but his big three are prudence, justice, and beneficence. These are the traits that make us lovely and that in turn make us respected and admired by those around us—the traits that make us loved. What does Smith mean by prudence, justice, and beneficence? For Smith, prudence means, in modern terms, taking care of yourself, justice means not hurting others, and beneficence means being good to others.
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
Russ Roberts
...catch up on these, and many more highlights
Readwise