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Slight correction: *some* of the American people…

venturecapital

I think so many problems in crypto stem from the idea that people treat VCs like they're Gods, but they’re just Middlemen.

Shuttling capital between lazy HNW boomers and based 20-somethings who just need a shot.

Deploying capital is many things, but it is not the Lord’s work. 

Still, somewhere along the way, people started acting like VCs were the main characters. Like funding rounds were the real milestones. Like writing a check was the hard part, not staying up all night trying to make something that actually works.

The problem with worshipping VCs is that it turns capital into the story rather than the fuel. It creates a world where everyone wants to be an investor and no one wants to be a founder. Where risk gets replaced by optimization, and the best and brightest aren’t building—they’re managing portfolios and clout-chasing on Twitter.

The people who deserve clout are making something brand new. 

Capital follows conviction... but conviction starts with founders.

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Crystal Hearts

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Geopolitics

Healthcare investor by day, web3/AI tinkerer by night. 🟪 Host: /venturecapital /theitinerant

Indeed. I’ve been to a few communist countries recently. 

In the failed states, people want to get out. 

In the “fake communist” states like Vietnam, people are too busy working at leveling up.

The one that hit hardest was Cuba. Mostly everyone wants to leave because life is pretty tough there, when it clearly doesn’t need to be.

On the other hand, the communists here in Spain keep pushing for the proverbial free lunch…

yappin in /midwits & creating idle rpg /animarising

Not much of a caster lately but your casts show up in my feed and make me think. Not always consensus but always with a good pov.

Get your health in order. Meditate. Touch grass as they say.

Thanks and be well anon 🫂

20+ years later, American Idiot by Green Day is still such a masterpiece. 

Especially with all the crazy these days...

20+ years later, American Idiot by Green Day is still such a masterpiece. 

Especially with all the crazy these days...

https://open.spotify.com/album/5dN7F9DV0Qg1XRdIgW8rke

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Christianity

“Nation-states will eventually be as ceremonial as modern-day constitutional monarchs.” -Robert Hettinga, The Geodesic Market

Nah, just meditate and touch grass more 😊 

There's "YOLO". When someone says that, my daughter (15) always responds: 

"you live every day. you only DIE once!"

I love this idea of knocking out the deep work and then just moving on with your day...

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frames

Nods head

(After spending 30 min in a game of 2048)

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Start learning your triggers for the first drink. 

What make you pick up the beer/wine/drink? Is it stress? Is it excitement? Is it boredom?

Once you can identify the pattern, you can try steps to change it. 

Bored? go for a walk
Stressed/excited? meditate or do some hard exercise

A lot of "negative habits" stay entrenched because of routine. So figure out how to change the routine...

Good luck anon!

The future of venture capital is a barbell strategy: mega firms focusing on all phases and boutique firms that go earlier and further out the risk curve

The future of venture capital is a barbell strategy: mega firms focusing on all phases and boutique firms that go earlier and further out the risk curve

https://www.sethlevine.com/archives/2025/01/the-future-of-venture.html

'Tis that oh-so-fun time of the year when I begin working on crypto taxes again.

(though it seems like I don't quite stop throughout the year!)

Genart collector. Tinkerer. Investor. Crypto maximalist. Nomadic traveler w/ my wife and 3 kids. Temporarily settled-ish in Spain

SydneyJason

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