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Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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Fred had a great post yesterday about why investors in private companies experience more anxiety than those in public ones (can’t sell) together with some spot on recommendations for entrepreneurs on how to deal with anxious investors.
I have been an occasionally anxious investor myself. Based on that here are some recommendation for the other side: how to be less anxious as an investor.
1. Remind yourself that you have a portfolio whereas the entrepreneur has just his or her company.
2. Remember that the entrepreneur faces his or her employees every day and you don’t.
3. Consider that the outcome of any investment involves a large degree of luck and randomness that you don’t control.
4. Going into investments pick markets and approaches that you have a specific thesis for. Knowing why you invested helps in times of trouble.
5. Focus on the things that the entrepreneur can control and help the entrepreneur focus on that – anything else just adds stress for everyone.
6. Remember that all of us who benefit from technology are luck to begin with even when individual ventures don’t work out.
I am not suggesting that you need to become a robot as an investor. You should experience your emotions of anxiety but then figure out how to let go of them. If you can, you will do the entrepreneurs you work with a great favor. I know it’s not easy and has taken me a long time to get to a point where I mostly succeed at this.
Fred had a great post yesterday about why investors in private companies experience more anxiety than those in public ones (can’t sell) together with some spot on recommendations for entrepreneurs on how to deal with anxious investors.
I have been an occasionally anxious investor myself. Based on that here are some recommendation for the other side: how to be less anxious as an investor.
1. Remind yourself that you have a portfolio whereas the entrepreneur has just his or her company.
2. Remember that the entrepreneur faces his or her employees every day and you don’t.
3. Consider that the outcome of any investment involves a large degree of luck and randomness that you don’t control.
4. Going into investments pick markets and approaches that you have a specific thesis for. Knowing why you invested helps in times of trouble.
5. Focus on the things that the entrepreneur can control and help the entrepreneur focus on that – anything else just adds stress for everyone.
6. Remember that all of us who benefit from technology are luck to begin with even when individual ventures don’t work out.
I am not suggesting that you need to become a robot as an investor. You should experience your emotions of anxiety but then figure out how to let go of them. If you can, you will do the entrepreneurs you work with a great favor. I know it’s not easy and has taken me a long time to get to a point where I mostly succeed at this.
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