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Rhys Lindmark

Rhys Lindmark

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Tools For Learning

1. First, remind yourself that the goal is not to simply to consume, but to contribute back to society. Build, write, teach, help others. That's why you learn in the first place. 2.

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twitter

My Favorite Twitter Communities

Tech * Crypto * Cryptography * Machine Learning * YC * NoCode * Indie Hackers * Product Management Finance * Venture Capital * FinTwit Open Tech * Open Data & Open Government * Sharing Economy * Open Science Social Sciences * History * Anthropology * Sociology * Philosophy * Economics * Libertarianism

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How To Network

1. Treat people as people first. Mostly just be curious about people & their brains. To be curious about people, ask them how they're doing. To be curious about brains, ask them what they've

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Stamina

Some examples of people with high stamina [https://twitter.com/tylercowen/status/1500652625494257664]. Inspired by /fast [https://patrickcollison.com/fast]. * Patrick Collison > A random fact I love is how in 2014 while stripe

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How To Find Your Path

1. Stop Comparing Yourself Against Old Models You might be unconsciously following the path of your parents like a doctor or lawyer. Don't. Optimize for rate-of-learning [https://rooteco.notion.site/What-Roote-Hires-For-f21facf226e248e6af61551ef182c933] and consciously

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anki

How To Anki

I've previously written a piece on Why [https://www.rhyslindmark.com/anki/] You Should Use Anki. [https://www.rhyslindmark.com/anki/] This piece is how. 1. Understand your why. Why do you want

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information

Information

I'm writing a book on What Information Wants [https://www.roote.co/what-information-wants]. But nailing down a definition of information is hard. What is information? Let's look at the Wikipedia definition. That should

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How To Beat Procrastination

For the first 30 years of my life, I coasted and procrastinated often. I am pretty ashamed of it. 😔 In the last few months, I've beaten procrastination. I'm proud of this! ❤️ Here's how

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writing

How To Write Well

In summary: * Write for a specific reader. * Write concisely. * When editing, look to cut. * Write in chunks. * Have fun with it. * Leverage the computer with tools like Grammarly, hotkeys, and ergonomic keyboards. 1.

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knowledge

Why You Should Use Anki

If you're a knowledge worker doing Tyler Cowen calls an intellectual athlete training [https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/07/learn-like-an-athlete-knowledge-workers-should-train.html] , you should use Anki or some other form of spaced repetition. See

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effective altruism

FTX Future Fund and Longtermism

Roote [https://www.roote.co/] is writing a grant application for FTX Future Fund's [https://ftxfuturefund.org/] first grant round. (You should too! Apply by March 21 [https://ftxfuturefund.org/apply/].) As part

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operations

Stripe Email Transparency

As we build Roote [https://www.roote.co/], I'm trying to use best practices from the best startups. One easy heuristic is What Would Stripe Do? [https://koolaidfactory.com/] The one I'm most

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    Rhys Lindmark
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war

15 Learnings From an Extremely Online War

The internet's impact on Russia's invasion of Ukraine Here are 15 things I’ve learned from Russia-Ukraine as the first Extremely Online War. I. Web3 1. Crypto Funds The Meme Of The Moment

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blockchain

Web3 Starter Guide

Start With: * The Five Camps of Crypto [https://medium.com/@caseycaruso/the-five-camps-of-crypto-1aa8695b76bc ] Then to Explore More: * Web3 & Society [https://www.roote.co/web3-society] * Cypherpunk Reading List [https://www.zfnd.org/blog/cypherpunk-privacy-reading-list/] * a16z’

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#94 Alta Charo: Utopia and Dystopia of Genetic Engineering

Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rhys-show/id1254196635] | Google Podcasts [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjQ2Njg5NjY2L3NvdW5kcy5yc3M] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4KAwj3OnMLDtVaqNlNzrLJ] Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners, today I'm excited to

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cultural evolution

Rewriting Genes Before DNA

I am currently writing a book titled What Information Wants [https://www.roote.co/what-information-wants]. It looks at how information flows have changed over history. It starts by looking at the past: how

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#93 Alan Durning: Making Housing Abundant Again

Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rhys-show/id1254196635] | Google Podcasts [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjQ2Njg5NjY2L3NvdW5kcy5yc3M] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4KAwj3OnMLDtVaqNlNzrLJ] Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners. Today, I'm excited to

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frameworks

The Cube

There are lots of self-help phrases out there. Here's a simple example from our friend Kim Jong Un: Live, laugh, love. Three steps. Got it! Thanks Kimmy. ❤ Live, Laugh, Love (LLL) may look

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podcast

#92 Tamim Ansary: Understanding The US Exit from Afghanistan from an Islamic Worldview

Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rhys-show/id1254196635] | Google Podcasts [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjQ2Njg5NjY2L3NvdW5kcy5yc3M] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4KAwj3OnMLDtVaqNlNzrLJ] Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners. Today, I'm excited to

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blockchain

CryptoBoomer's Guide To DeFi 2.0

> Web3 from 2017 to 2021 I saw this tweet from my friend Jill the other day: > I am going to have to spend time understanding Olympus now aren't I — Jill Gunter (@jillrgunter) October

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memes

Native Spaced Repetition

The medium is the message. Right now, the internet medium enables short-term viral memes as a message, but not much else. Think about TikTok. Every day, users spend an hour in the app,

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podcast

#91 Susan Blackmore: How Memes Gave Rise To The Third Replicator

Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rhys-show/id1254196635] | Google Podcasts [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjQ2Njg5NjY2L3NvdW5kcy5yc3M] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4KAwj3OnMLDtVaqNlNzrLJ] Rhys Lindmark: Hello listeners. Today, I'm excited to

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economics

More Startups Should Use Credit Unions

Update: Lol, we ended up switching from a Credit Union to Mercury. I just finished signing up for a bank account for my nonprofit, Roote [https://www.roote.co/], and wanted to share

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podcast

#90 CĂŠsar Hidalgo: How To Understand Sociotechnical Systems

Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rhys-show/id1254196635] | Google Podcasts [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjQ2Njg5NjY2L3NvdW5kcy5yc3M] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4KAwj3OnMLDtVaqNlNzrLJ] Rhys Lindmark: Hello listeners. Today, I'm excited to

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housing

Abundant Housing Slogans

The slogan "America is a melting pot" is a great slogan for ensuring that America accepts its changing demographics (through immigration). (It's not perfect, of course. We discriminate new immigrants—Irish in the

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