Zane Austen

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Anybody want to meet in Taipei early Jan (1/1-12) to chat? May be a long shot because I don’t know anyone in TW—but please DM if you want to chat or know someone who does

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We are not out of the woods yet; we may have just walked in. Inflation is becoming increasingly more broad-based and sticky: both in goods/services and wages. There may be more pain ahead for longer. Please be careful. https://i.imgur.com/G8efuOt.jpg

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I don't understand why crypto for remittances hasn't been a success. Can someone explain? It seems like a natural solution to a painful problem, yet it hasn't really gotten traction, even over many years. Why? Network effects of MTOs? Regulatory hurdles? Crypto seems complex? https://i.imgur.com/D5Tb7eK.png

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“The more personal and introspective a work of art is, the more universal it becomes.”

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People just want safety and a safety net.

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The two fundamental values I want to see in new countries are: 1. Safety 2. Abundance We don’t have a livable country if you don’t have safety. And if we aren’t doing this to get to post-scarcity, what are we even doing? Here’s a spec for both: https://www.zaneausten.com/p/cities-that-pay-your-rent

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GM and Happy Thanksgiving!

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Anyone in Singapore want to join a small meetup on network states?

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Lex.page invite https://lex.page/invites/OPGZWHNQ

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I was once obsessed with working hard. But you can only work 80 hours a week before you top out. Now I'm obsessed with finding the most impactful work to do.

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A safe society is a thriving society. It's a collection of people who are able to trust and rely on each other. The future of network states is to create not just new societies, but safe ones.

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Killer product of 2020s may be safety.

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How to build a post-scarcity society for 50k people 1. Dramatically deflate living costs (LVT, prefab, automation, land improvement, energy investments) 2. Build a sovereign wealth fund day one. Citizens commit capital, SWF hires the best allocators, generates annual payouts like endowments

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GN Journaling every day is hard. Recently I’ve just been taking a photo every day and putting it in Notes app. Feels like the right balance.

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Feels like we are seeing a second rise of communist and socialist ideas

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I am starting to step outside the matrix of billion-dollar businesses. Those generally fit to a VC’s economic structure needs and not an entrepreneur’s wants. IMO an entrepreneur has a log utility of wealth. Small biz has much higher relative EV when taking log utility into consideration.

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GA Have you reconditioned yourself from a somewhat negative mindset to a positive one? If so, how did you do it?

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GA Thinking is invigorating even though it takes energy to do it Think of the ways people describe having new ideas: “spark”, “illuminating”, “brain blast” New ideas inspire you to do more Dopamine related to motivation, not joy

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The "commitment to move" from Praxis is really interesting. Don't know the details, but can guess: - Lock $$ in contract, receive tokens - Pool $$ with others in your society - Sovereign can claim a % if they make a deal with you - If you do not move after the deal, your whole stake gets allocated to the pool

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Reading through The Praxis Master Plan (just posted). Commitment-to-move is a great innovation: https://www.praxissociety.com/master-plan https://i.imgur.com/hqKowhG.png

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