50 / Memes. Entropy. Innovation. Well-being.
Crypto culture and finding balance.
Welcome back to Circle Three!
Some weeks feel like they’re on 2x speed.
"The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than what conditions allow." — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
This sits in my top 3 all-time quotes. It speaks to how I feel and reminds me to live in the present moment. Can it help you this week?
Is life long or short? Easy or hard? This presentation by Dan Buettner teaches about particular factors he has seen around the world that contribute to happiness and well-being. Tribal, diet, and self-description are some of the keys to living long and happy.
Innovation will win in the post-pandemic age in the long term. The market has shifted in a way that creates a launchpad for new business models. "It is the business leaders’ responsibility to set the course, speed, and tone of the pivot that will deliver innovation-led growth."
The world is shrinking as our lives go digital. "In the 60s, humanity was connected by 6 degrees of separation through mail. Facebook is 3.57 & dropping."
AirBnB's have undoubtedly changed how we travel, but sometimes don't feel as intimate or local as they used to. Human Hotel is an alternative homesharing network that lets you stay with hosts who share your values.
Need a 30-second break during a crazy day? This is fun to watch.
Crypto Meme Culture
Memes, Twitter, and a new vocabulary are all part of the crypto journey.
(Read this online here.)
After launching our crypto investment vehicle last week, I gave myself a break this week. Below is a post from our crypto blog that might answer some questions like "Why does Tom Brady have lasers on his Twitter profile picture?"
What is Meme Culture?
"I AM HODLING"
On December 18, 2013 a slightly inebriated man posted in a bitcointalk discussion forum. "I AM HODLING... WHY AM I HOLDING? I'LL TELL YOU WHY. It's because I'm a bad trader and I KNOW I'M A BAD TRADER." His semi-coherent, typo-filled rant about trading skills and his conviction to simply hold his bitcoin investment has become a cultural phenomenon. The post has inspired memes like the below and filled the Twitter-sphere and online discussions.
HODL is one example of a larger undercurrent of cryptocurrency culture. We're diving into the memes, the vocabulary, and the movements below.
Memes: Money printer go brrr
“We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines,” Richard Dawkins wrote in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. Dawkins describes memes as cultural artifacts that communicate ideas quickly. Nowadays, the meme is associated with an image with black and white text.
Memes are a cultural phenomenon, the result of short attention spans, countless projects, and increasingly complex digital infrastructure. A meme, native to the internet, is shorthand for a complex idea — it serves to further narratives, poke fun, or blend work and life. Memes are real, and people exchanging memes don't care if you express yourself. Daniel Kuhn and Ben Powers at CoinDesk write: "The simplicity of communication is what gives memes their universality. Though it's what's being communicated that gives them potency."
🐦 Tweeting:
🔊 Listening:
📖 Reading: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
➕ Win: Everybody has something (expertise, feedback, conversation) to give, usually it only takes asking.
🍺 Untappd: Proper Notch 2x IPA, at a new Philly restaurant The Mulberry on Arch
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