When you embrace discomfort, you unlock the potential to become the person you’re meant to be.

The best journeys start with uncertain steps forward.

Quiet moments often reveal the most profound truths. Listen closely, and you’ll hear the answers you seek.

Let your passion fuel your purpose daily.

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do; it comes from overcoming the things you thought impossible.

Keep questioning, keep searching, keep evolving.

Change is inevitable, growth is optional.

We often fear change, but it’s the unknown that holds the most potential for growth, innovation, and discovery.

Design

politics

"I  wanna say additionally, we're excited about working with both the House and Senate on Stablecoin legislation

Stablecoins have the potential to ensure American dollar dominance internationally to increase the usage of the of the US dollar digitally as the world's reserve currency, and in the process create potentially trillions of dollars of demand for US treasuries, which could lower long-term interest rates." - Sacks

teddit

wait do you brush your teeth before or after coffee

Rainbow

Farcaster

People who already have a wallet will be able to continue using it. We may even add more wallets via MWP.

I use Rainbow as my daily drive for dwr.eth

this is going to be a big week for many reasons

choo-choos ON if you're ready for a big week

Books

Skunk Works 

The story of Lockheed’s justifiably fetishized engineering A team as told by the man who ran it. 

Let me start by saying that this book is fun. Spellbinding even.

But it’s also a piece of critical education on how to get shit done inside a behemoth bureaucracy. In short: split off a group of the top performers, give them important tasks, and install a leader at the top who insulates them from the rest of the organization’s bullshit. 

Lockheed churned out a parade of the greatest hits of military aviation with this approach (p38, U2, sr71, etc). And the whole startup scene applies roughly the same model to solving tech problems. A good startup is, itself, like a Skunk Works. 

It has just enough aeronautical engineering to give it an exotic flavor without bogging it down. Ben Rich tells just the right number of stories about the planes’ exploits in the world to make you feel how high the stakes were. 

It’s even better than you’d imagine. Five stars for its class.

The Ascent of Money 

A financial history of the world, as the subtitle says. 

I read this on the grounds of its appearance on https://danromero.org/books/. 

It covers a lot of the history and basic mechanics of fundamental concepts like currency, securities, and insurance in readily understandable and tolerably entertaining ways. 

I have to admit that this was a bit like eating vegetables. If you work or live in the crypto orbit and you want to increase your fluency in tradfi, this is a great starting point. But it wasn’t as fun or interesting as I’d expected, given my interest in finance. 

Shoutout to the Scottish widows, though. They always edify and entertain. 

Three stars for its class, but it’s a tough class to compete against. Overall a good book.

Just cashed $70 USDC in Warpcast Rewards. We're partying tonight:

crypto

What will David Sacks say in his presser today?

The US Czar of Crypto & AI is about to speak.

Really been enjoying this guy’s commentary on geopolitics lately; excellent discussions about game theory, power balances, and how the world worked/works.

Really been enjoying this guy’s commentary on geopolitics lately; excellent discussions about game theory, power balances, and how the world worked/works.

https://youtu.be/p7_rduK5WA0?si=08mO7u5MyWUkjvB5

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