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Money is a lot of things.  Predominantly a unit of account, a store of value, and a medium of exchange.  We’re quite used to these functions being split up and handled by different tools. Dollars are a medium of exchange in some countries.  They are a unit of account in some countries.  Sometimes they are… Continue reading Bitcoin: Should the Functions of Money be Separate, or All-in-One?

I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of Hijacking Bitcoin, by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson. The history of BTC is wild and full of lies, ops, scandals, villains, useful idiots, and (mostly failed) heroes. Like any history of things gone wrong, there’s a tendency to study it thinking you will then be able to prevent the… Continue reading What if Learning History isn’t About Avoiding the Same Mistakes?

Another crypto scam is imploding. None of this is hard to see coming if you refuse to believe something is valuable without demanding to see utility. When the value derives entirely from the belief that other people will believe that other people will believe that other people will believe it’s valuable, you’re in trouble. You… Continue reading The Lack of Utility is the Sign

Lots of business consists of mundane tasks just to fund the basic functions of the operation. Any kind of financial transaction is oddly complex, slow, and expensive. Paying a vendor, for example, seems like it should be a one-click experience, but it’s really a pain. I hosted a panel discussion yesterday about the promise of… Continue reading Splits vs Cascades

It has become more understood in the last decade that college is not a single good, but a bundle of goods. The bundle includes: Conveyance of information Social experience Signal of employability Guidance on starting a career Sports and clubs and activities Low-stakes environment to begin life away from home Many of these are an… Continue reading Replacing the College Social Scene

Whew. There are a lot of interesting people and ideas on Twitter (though not as many as there used to be) and I still find value in using it daily. But man, it’s getting tough. I have no idea what’s true and isn’t, but a quick browse through the feed today and I saw the… Continue reading Twitter is Getting Hard to Handle

What technology that exists today has the ability to upend the way things are done a decade from now? The ability to identify this is correlated with ability to predict the future. A lot of people attempt to predict the future by going to the edge of technology and imagine changes brought by inventions that… Continue reading How to See the Future

So the new limited edition book, The Inner Game of Startups, has been proofed. Got three proofs from the custom printer we’re using, and they really look and feel awesome. Clean, crisp, weighty, and fresh. Only 100 will ever be made. But first I’ve gotta sell 100 of them! Can’t do the print run until… Continue reading The Proofs are In (and they’re beautiful)

UPDATE: If purchasing the book onchain and getting token for print edition as described below is too daunting, email me at isaac at gmail dot com and I can work out an old-school mechanism to buy with USD. Yesterday, I released a new book and I’m really excited about it! This makes book #10 (not… Continue reading I Published a New Book! (and how to buy it)

I’m a pretty type-A, anal retentive kind of guy. I setup and maintained this site for years as the definitive, one-stop for all the stuff I created. Every new podcast and podcast episode got a post. All the books I wrote were added. Videos, articles for third party sites, etc. It got more complicated when… Continue reading Where I’m Creating Lately

I’m mixing it up again, after a year and a half streak of daily blogging, I’m gonna switch my routine. I won’t be blogging daily for a while, but I’m doing a lot of stuff in a lot of other places! I write articles and guides at crash.co I record a weekly Career Crashers podcast… Continue reading Here’s a Bunch of Stuff I’m Up To