Sep 12A Church and A BarA man went to church. He forgot to switch off his phone, which rang loudly during the prayer. After church was over, the pastor scolded him for not turning off his phone before coming into church. A number of worshipers admonished him after the prayer for interrupting the silence. In…1 min read1 min read
Dec 18, 2022Selfish MoralityThe selfish reason to be honest is to clear the mind of exhausting lies and to navigate towards people and situations where you can be completely authentic. The selfish reason to love is that it feels better to be in love than to be loved (but don’t expect much back). …1 min read1 min read
Nov 6, 2022Are you a giver or a takerWe all have moments of giving and taking. Your style is just how you treat most people most of the time. Givers are often sacrificing themselves, but they make their organizations better. …7 min read7 min read
Oct 2, 2022Unless one is unconcerned by other people’s judgments, has no fear of being disliked by other people, and pays the cost that one might never be recognized, one will never be able to follow through in one’s own way of living. That is to say, one will not be able to be free.1 min read1 min read
Oct 1, 2022Ode To Founding Team MembersWe gave them our minds, our bodies, and our spirit And They chewed us up and spit us out Left us with fear, rage, uncertainty, disillusionment, a sense of abandonment, betrayal and finally, self-loathing and guilt As if somehow, everything that happened was our own goddamn fault1 min read1 min read
Mar 4, 2022Making the ecosystem more light-client friendlyr/ethereum — Making the ecosystem more light-client friendly One of the challenges of the current Ethereum ecosystem is that while the protocol is theoretically light client friendly, and light clients even exist and can be used today, they’re not nearly as commonplace as was originally envisioned. …3 min read3 min read
Feb 3, 2022Why do salmon swim upstream?Scientists have deduced that if the riverbed was a good place for them to start, it will suffice for their offspring. Thus they spawn and their offspring return to the ocean to feed. But what if some of the fish, en route to the sea, took a tributary at a…2 min read2 min read
Oct 1, 2021Checklist for Cognitive DistortionsAll or nothing thinking: You look at things in absolute, black and white categories. Overgeneralization: You view a negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat. Mental Filter: You dwell on the negatives and ignore the positives Discounting the positives: You insist that your accomplishments or positive qualities “don’t count.” …1 min read1 min read
Jan 13, 2021Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you…Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.Dale Carnegie1 min readDale Carnegie1 min read
Jan 9, 2021Be PresentThe best thing you can do for yourself is to stop thinking of yourself. Our short term memory can hold up to four objects at a time. Think of them as four doors, or four inputs. Most people’s lives are the same mental loop between thought patterns stored in long-term…Meditation3 min readMeditation3 min read
