Benya

Building, Living, and Enjoying the Process.

[fido.eth @fidoeth]

@based16z Every app will be a neobank

[Benya @SrBenya]

@limpcritisism Lets goooo, you are just getting started!

[Benya @SrBenya]

@peacock wtf is going on with you guys? I pay to watch EPL and you guys arent even showing it when it says its streaming.
Get it together @NBCSports

[Derek Chiang | ZeroDev @decentrek]

Watching the @EthereumFilm featuring @VitalikButerin made me realize that, in a sense, life actually gets easier when you are idealistic rather than practical.

That's counter-intuitive because, by definition, people oftentimes make "practical choices" in life because those choices make their lives easier. Instead of pursuing your dream, you get a job. Instead of fighting the system, you fit in. Instead of learning what you love, you pick a major with better financial prospects, etc.

@paulg wrote a great article titled "How to Do Great Work," and one of the observations that stuck with me was how, to quote him:

"In some ways it's easier to try to be the best than to try merely to be good... Though it might seem like you'd be taking on a heavy burden by trying to be the best, in practice you often end up net ahead. It's exciting, and also strangely liberating. It simplifies things."

And that's the key point -- trying to be the best *simplifies* things. It gives you clarity. In business, when you are just trying to be good, you have 100 competitors that are building similar products, and you wind up racking your brain over tiny improvements/features that differentiate your products in some inconsequential ways.

But when your goal is to "make life multi-planetary" (per @SpaceX) or "create beneficial AGI" (per @OpenAI), suddenly competitions don't seem so important anymore -- what you are doing is SO GODDAMN HARD that the challenges from your competitors pale in comparison to the challenges posed *by the goal itself.*

What the Ethereum film made me realize is that this is not just true in business, but also in life. Being idealistic (over being practical) makes life harder in the sense that you have to worker harder, but it gets easier in the sense that *it simplifies things,* that it brings a focus to your life.

Never was this more clear to me than now, when I just came back from token2049, where it felt like the entire conference was depressed. People moaned about token prices, lack of "inflows" or "traction" or whatever, and were generally having a reckoning about what they are in crypto for.

Well, where were you in crypto for? For many, it was a practical decision -- to make money. But that's the price of making practical choices -- when they seem no longer practical (i.e. when the prospect of getting rich quickly no longer seems real), you lose motivations and aims and burn out.

But Vitalik wasn't in this for the money. What he wants to do -- to use cryptography to "build efficient, pro-freedom, fair and inclusive institutions that influence and govern different spheres of our lives" -- is SO GODDAMN HARD that the challenges posed by token prices pale in comparison to the challenge of the goal itself.

So at every turn, when things get hard, many people drop out of the space, but Vitalik carries on.

Be idealistic. Make a dent in the universe.

[DG @dg26896]

I wish I learned this one lesson sooner👇

Business is just building big things with friends…

He who has the most fun wins.

How can you beat the guy who has fun competing?

Because it’s never truly all that serious.

It’s just a game to play and win. 🥇

[du @thedulab]

It's so important to own every aspect of your life. If someone asks what you do, you have no problem telling them. Like you should be able to say yes this is my job, my business, my side hustle without resistance. Interests, hobbies, lifestyle, you're not afraid of anyone knowing

Not saying you have you to reveal everything about yourself. But just not being weird or hesitant about casual everyday topics if they happen to naturally come up in conversation. No misalignment between your internal beliefs and your external presentation. Does more for your health than any physical regimen ever will

[du @thedulab]

Run the ball. This is how we're moving all year. Singleminded tunnel vision towards health, wealth, and relationship abundance. Aggressively putting yourself first and ignoring anything outside of your control. The power is back in your own hands. It's time to take it all the way

[Benya @SrBenya]

@JimmyFarley00 @creatorscorner0 Jimmy knows the way

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@yevrrah who is this guy? tweets are top class

[Benya @SrBenya]

@YourselfCapital Going to pump this myself soon. Believe in #yourself

[Sahil Lavingia @shl]

Life’s great if you ignore the people telling you it’s not

[Benya @SrBenya]

@AlessandroLavis AFFILIATE

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@LucasWalterAI @therecapai NEWSLETTER

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@NoahEpstein_ hitman

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@damianplayer clip

[Benya @SrBenya]

@ParadoxByte I have the same issue. Tried KYCing and it gave me an error every time. Not sure what to do now..

[Benya @SrBenya]

@Bose very disappointed with your customer service and product quality. I was so excited for my ultra open earbuds, and they would be a great product but in a matter of months I am already on my second pair due to one of the earbuds randomly being defunct. I had waited a month just to get the replacement and now after one month with the second pair, the right earbud has stopped working again...

[Benya @SrBenya]

@justachiliguy 🔒

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@codyschneider https://t.co/loMAf4B9rT