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Dialectic with Jackson Dahl

Chris Paik is an investor and co-founder of Pace Capital.

Chris is all about intentionality and discovery.

He combines rigorous frameworks about incentives, people, and markets with an insatiable appetite for the new. He is a true original thinker.

We discuss his intentionality, approach to explanations, how culture follows a pendulum, the efficient market hypothesis and other frameworks for evaluating businesses and markets—including his newest on top-down vs. bottom-up companies, how he finds new stuff, the pros and cons of the internet and capitalism, Pace Capital’s values, and the inner-workings of Chris’s unusual mind.

Episode 6 is out now on all platforms, more links below: 

https://pods.media/dialectic/6-chris-paik-intentionally-in-search-of-the-new?referrer=0x9b902482E62Db8FC486C3f1acAA568006021DbEC

Chris Paik on incentives, capital, systems, and power:

"The world has two sides: a for-profit world and a non-profit world. There are entities that are trying to drive profits, and there are entities that are not trying to drive profits (governments, religions).

For-profit companies are really good at pushing the world to the way that it will be. They are very bad at being paternalistic. They’ll give people exactly what they want.

The non-profit side is really good at pushing the world into how it should be. It’s really good at being paternalistic. We as individual actors depend on the systems to imbue society with paternalism."

Keep moving forward, even when the world feels heavy and the future uncertain. Strength lies within.

Trust the process, even when it feels uncertain. Growth happens in the unknown.

The strongest people aren’t those who never fall, but those who rise every single time they do.

Life’s beauty lies in fleeting moments that remind us of the incredible simplicity of simply existing.

Morning coffee, afternoon thoughts, evening peace.

Nothing in life is permanent, except change. Adapt, grow, and embrace the lessons each day brings.

FIP: Labels

A data standard to annonate context about accounts like language, humanity, spamminess and other qualities.

Labels will make it easy to generate public datasets that are useful for app developers to categorize casts and users.

FIP: Labels

A data standard to annonate context about accounts like language, humanity, spamminess and other qualities.

Labels will make it easy to generate public datasets that are useful for app developers to categorize casts and users. 

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/216

Base

on $TRUMP:

to everyone: a huge win for crypto - the overton window is shifted and many new people coming onchain.

to solana: reaffirms your awesome work, proud to build alongside you. 

to based builders: THIS IS THE BEGINNING. time to buckle down, keep building, stay based.

Yet another cool product we can't use because of the NY BitLicense. https://x.com/coinbase/status/1879902780564951530

Serious question:

How do we go about getting the BitLicense repealed?

fc-updates

Introducing Token Links

Try it now: $degen, $tn100x, $higher, $moxie, $anon

- Mention a token with a leading $, it turns into a link
- Tap link to see top tokens by market cap and recent casts
- Links to Dexscreener and copy contract address
- Working in casts and profiles
- Already on the protocol; just enriching text in casts

Future ideas
- Smarter algo for casts (expect a bit of spam this week)
- Additional info and metrics for traders
- Farcaster social graph signals
- Customization for token creators
- Tie-in with frames and onchain transactions

Known issues
- If token links aren't linkifying, update your app and restart 1-2x
- Casts are slow to load; making that faster
- Token links don't work in DCs or the composer yet
- Sorting by market cap may result in non-FC native assets ahead of FC-native ones, e.g. $anon

Reminder: you can mute all token links by adding $ to your mute words on Warpcast

this is a huge improvement over X for two small and simple reasons:

1. You can do more than 6 characters
2. You can put numbers in it

Trump just launched his official meme coin on Solana

soundscapes

https://www.nts.live/shows/franchise-radio/episodes/franchise-radio-11th-january-2025

(summer of) protocol {support | guild | fellowship} ☀️


Wiki post on Eth Magicians is the place to start.  It is markdown so you can use your fave AI to do a first pass.
https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/friendly-names-for-final-eips/22567

cc @v

alok

“In hindsight, it should have been obvious that when Trump launched his coin it meant X”

Solve for X

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