Books

Dark Squares by Danny Rensch was one of the most interesting memoirs I've read in awhile

It's about him growing up in a cult where he became a chess prodigy and was taken away from his mother by cult leaders to continue their belief that chess was his life purpose

I’ve never studied chess, and I can’t recall exactly the first time I played. It was probably whatever version of chess came with Microsoft PCs in the late 1990s. I’ve known how each piece is allowed to move, and this has been enough to have a fun time whenever I play casually with people.

Though I watched Netflix’s T

I’m reading this right now too - fascinating and courageous.

Building @farcaster, cofounder @bountycaster. Prev: cofounder of Scalar Capital, product at Coinbase, coproducer @ethereumfilm

Ethereum

I’m reading this right now too - fascinating and courageous.

https://farcaster.xyz/patriciaxlee.eth/0x81fdb0fe

It really is! Also got a little excited I shared this on X and Danny the author responded since I've been so immersed in his world for several days

Dark Squares by @DanielRensch was one of the most interesting memoirs I've read in awhile

It's about him growing up in a cult where he became a chess prodigy and was taken away from his mother by cult leaders to continue their belief that chess was his life purpose https://t.co/lAoacn4h4S

Daniel Rensch

Building a little space at /thenextwave and watching everything on /videolab.

It really is! Also got a little excited I shared this on X and Danny the author responded since I've been so immersed in his world for several days https://x.com/DanielRensch/status/1985563660111266298

I'd be excited by that too! Did not realize what a wild world chess is. Even his X profile feels like a rabbit hole.