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The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don't react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us. We will see the Stoics develop that idea in the pages to come, but this expression of it is typical:
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations - If any external thing causes you distress, it is not the thing itself that troubles you, judgment about it. And this you have the power but your own to eliminate now.
The Practicing Stoic
Ward Farnsworth
Though a member of “traditional finance” was able to outmaneuver the “decentralized finance” community for the US Constitution, the world of high finance is also using DAOs to make their investments. One such example is the Komorebi Collective, which makes venture investments into “exceptional female and nonbinary crypto founders,” and includes among its members a number of high-profile venture capitalists, technology executives, journalists, and human rights workers.
The Metaverse
Matthew Ball
Large language models bring new anxieties for builders. Many fear a world in which software becomes easier and faster to replicate than ever before, driving the returns of software companies lower.
Software Ate All the Easy Shit
andrewrea.substack.com
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