Fascinating take on why public intellectuals have short shelf lives:

https://scholars-stage.org/public-intellectuals-have-short-shelf-lives-but-why/

This is a big part of why I intentionally try to keep "doing foot-soldier things" (notably, coding, and exploring the world regular-person-style rather than entourage-and-limousine-style)

I am trying is to simulate the way time felt when I was a kid … the world was so new … the day lasted forever and everything was a curiosity … I dedicate days to experiencing new things … and these days are the closest to feeling the longest … like the hike on the way there, not the way back

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Most of the world would live better and more fulfilled lives seeing life through the eyes of a child

In many ways crypto/web3 is probably where this perspective remains most prevalent, because it really is uncharted territory.