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A batch of the best highlights from what Josh's read, .
But, paradoxically, crypto is much *more* reliant on trust than the rest of finance and business. It only works if people believe in it.
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Bloomberg
The cotton gin, a canonical example of automation, perversely *increased the demand for slave labor* because it [made cotton growing so much more profitable](https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent#:~:text=While%20it%20was%20true%20that,both%20land%20and%20enslaved%20labor).
A Year of New Avenues
Robin Sloan
Buy them in small quantities and replenish them often instead of having them sit around.
Six Seasons
Joshua McFadden
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