One cannot truly believe that crypto wins in the end and also make space for corporate chains to exist within that worldview. These are diametrically opposed.
Either our financial infrastructure is owned by and for the people, and anyone can improve it, build upon it, benefit from its upside, or you have reconstructed a centralized bank and called it a blockchain.
There is no nuanced view in between.
There is Solana, Bitcoin, and Ethereum. Nothing else really matters to me.
🗣️ Arsene Wenger: "It's very simple, you build a player like you build a house."
"First comes the basement, the base of a player is technique. You get that between the ages of 7 and 14 years of age."
"If you have no technical skill at 14, forget it. You will never be a football player. The second part is the physical aspect, the first floor. Unfortunately, that is decided between 14-17 years of age where you feel you'll be strong enough, quick enough."
"The second floor is tactical understanding. Does he have an understanding of the game? What to do with the ball?"
"The final part that is decided at 18-19 years of age is how successful the player wants to be."
Tout zòzò map zòzò sou Latè beni la; mte ka ba 2 / 3 malandren(ine) chans pou yo fèt tann dat sa.
Ou pa janm konn kòman mte ka ap pase jounen yè a non.
Mais où vons nous?🤔
Zlatan Ibrahimović had never worked a single day of television before this summer. Fox handed him the biggest World Cup ever staged, America started comparing him to Charles Barkley within a week, and after a month and a half he retired from broadcasting on live air.
Understand how rare that asset is. Networks spend decades trying to manufacture one breakout studio personality. TNT built a 25-year franchise around Barkley. ESPN has burned nine figures on ex-athletes who never learned to talk. Fox found a natural on the first try, a 44-year-old with zero reps who made pregame shows must-watch in a country that barely follows him.
Then he gave it back.
Zlatan has run this play his entire career. Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, PSG, United, Milan. Ten clubs, 573 goals, 34 trophies, and an exit at nearly every peak. The scarcity is the product. A pundit who shows up every Saturday for 20 years becomes furniture. A pundit who appears once, dominates, and vanishes becomes a legend you quote for a decade.
The next network that wants him now has to pay for a comeback, which is a completely different price than a contract renewal.
Barkley has announced his retirement from TV more times than anyone can count and still shows up every Thursday. Zlatan said it once, thanked the desk by name, and walked.
Every broadcaster talks about leaving on top. Zlatan did it before the confetti was swept.