Mike Elias

@harmonylion

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One thing I’m learning about web3 is it often solves problems “too deep” in the stack. Me: “When nation states try to mess with us, we’ll be unstoppable!” Also me: “Yeah but you have 9 users” Me: “Oh right”

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My take on how to “fix Twitter” — maybe Farcaster or @perl could do something like this? https://ideamarkets.substack.com/p/how-twitter-can-fix-misinformation

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What’s “scientific consensus” most wrong about?

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Non-crypto topics I’m interested in: 1) Catholicism 2) Epistemology, but in a fun way 3) Blues guitar 4) Conspiracy theories, crackpot science, etc 5) Architecture (I don’t know anything, it’s just pretty 😍) 6) Being asked off-the-wall questions 7) Spiritual exercises Let’s jam!

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What belief screams “epistemic skill” to you?

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99% of disagreements are straw-manning 1% are “understand + reject”

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Common knowledge is a trust-allocation problem. Trust allocated wisely? Common knowledge is good. Trust allocated poorly? Common knowledge is bad.

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Censors are asleep, post weird infographics https://i.imgur.com/I5zqMth.jpg

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Hypothesis: An easy way to understand each other better is to replace the word “believe” with “trust” I just wrote this, would welcome any feedback 😊🙏 https://mikeelias.substack.com/p/believing-trusting

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You have 1 year to spend answering 1 question What question do you spend your year on?

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Just posted some terrible, terrible “research” 😂 https://ideamarkets.substack.com/p/experiment-belief-wallet-analysis?sd=pf

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Who’s the “most trustworthy” person in public eye? (Define however you want)

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Are there any wallet explorers that show assets on multiple chains at the same time? Search wallet —> see balance on ETH, Arbitrum, Polygon, etc

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I really like how FC threads keep popping up when someone I follow replies to them — threads don’t become dead just because they’re 1week+ old. Gives posts a greater sense of permanence, and less need to restart the same conversations

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Hypothesis: Conspiracy theories = edge They’re like the VC model of belief-investing Being right 1 time about something totally bonkers outweighs the cost of looking silly 99 other times

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What’s the most powerful knowledge that’s hidden in plain sight?

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What 1 book provides the best “return on attention”?

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Hypothesis: It is impossible to choose your thoughts https://i.imgur.com/w7Vm8av.jpg

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What’s your favorite conspiracy theory?

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What’s your enneagram type? (I’m a 4) https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions

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