๐๏ธ Kenton Ralph Toews: The Life You Never Lived
Is freedom the ultimate destination? Because what happens when you actually get it?
@KentonC137 built the life many fantasise about: independence, money, travel, no conventional career path, and the freedom to decide how he spends his time.
But the conversation went somewhere I wasn't expecting, and it hit a core truth...
โIf I'm free but everyone else is a slave, then I'm free by myself.โ
We learn why he walked away from a 6 figure lifestyle in his twenties, why money can become another cage, how smart people make awful decisions when fear takes over, and why the secret to having everything you want might simply be wanting less.
When I asked Kenton about the life he never lived, his answer wasn't more money, status, or adventure.
It was something much simpler: land, a home, books, a bonfire, children, and family.
It's a fun convo and not about crypto. We discuss a much harder question:
What if you spend your entire life trying to become free, only to discover that freedom isn't enough?
Meet the man who survived Russian FSB prison, walked away from Google, and lost $300k+ in BTC - now going head-to-head with our CEO.
In this episode of Brutally Honest, Richie (co-founder at @lemur_labs) pulls zero punches:
โข Why founders don't get "freedom", they get obsession
โข Surviving zero runway: pay cuts over layoffs
โข Why AI "vibe coding" is breaking financial apps
Watch the full debate ๐
https://t.co/cWX367ufYM
๐๏ธ Chris Raulf : The Life You Never Lived
What happens when Google wipes out 80% of your traffic, and then your house burns to the ground?
Chris Raulf has built, lost, and rebuilt more than once. But losing almost everything taught him something success couldn't: what actually matters.
We talk risk, ambition, family, burnout, starting again โ and the bizarre horoscope that convinced him to quit his job and change his life.
This isn't a story about SEO, but about what remains when the things you thought mattered disappear.
Just wrapped up another episode of The Life You Never Lived w/ @KentonC137 head of marketing at @THORChain
From working on oil rigs in Libya to getting into gold, ignoring Bitcoin in the early years, and watching smart people make terrible money decisions, it's an everything conversation about freedom, success, and when it's time to change your perspective.
We learn about what built Kenton. Full episode dropping tonight.
Not another โattacker prints money,โ but how about โsettlement reverts forever, and the money just sits thereโ
A dusty EasyAuction fallback, a non-upgradeable settlement contract, and a cursor you can walk off the end of the bid list.
No admin key required, and up to a million of protocol collateral plus whoever was naive enough to bid.
Governance can later clear the internal counter, but it can't unscrew the auction.
Good to keep in mind that unused paths are still live paths if anyone can choose them.
So a nice catch and solid response from the Reserve team.
Kudos @therealgregoAI
Chris Raulf has lived the Life You Never Lived. It's an epic story and I want to hear all about it.
https://t.co/RTMndXWZEl
SEO, AI, teaching, and building businesses are what he does, but I want to hear the story none of us got to hear before:
"How much of our life is actually chosen?"
He left Switzerland for America, built a new identity thousands of miles from home, and once made one of the biggest decisions of his life after reading a horoscope.
We're talking reinvention, freedom, identity, belonging, relevance, risk, and the versions of ourselves we leave behind every time we choose a different road.
There's a Chris who never left Switzerland. Another who never took the leap. I want to meet the man who did โ and understand what those choices cost him.
This is his story, with the lessons learned, the failures, successes, and how he got to where he is today ๐
I spent years navigating European bureaucracy for technical universities. Now, thinking about how on-chain finance platforms can navigate the new and upcoming EU rules, this is how I'd operate. https://t.co/7XG3Xe9twj
Not another rehearsed founder story, I want to learn what built @KentonC137
Crypto portfolio management, head of marketing @THORChain and risk management are what he does, but I want to hear the story none of us got to hear before:
"What's the price of such a free life?"
We're talking money, independence, identity, relationships, and whether being such a contrarian can become its own kind of prison.
He's living the life others can only dream about, and this is his story with the lessons learned, the failures, successes, and how he got to where he is today ๐
https://t.co/kFCNRKOr37
"What was the hardest truth you had to accept about yourself?" @CBarraford
Peaking at 30, thinking the 15 mins of fame "Was it", spending the next 10 years trying to come back stronger.
This is the Chad you never knew about on The Life You Never Lived Podcast @lemur_labs
That supercycle we were all waiting for ain't coming.
The US is front-running stablecoin adoption and 24/7 trading so they can onboard 4bn users and dump their debt onto them like never before. The bubble of all bubbles.
Britain just put a number on what it lost when I left 20 years ago: 75/100.
The Brain Drain Wall is tracking the talent leaving the UK for various reasons.
Why did you leave, and what's your score?
https://t.co/aReI4UXWCq
Going live tomorrow with @CBarraford
Itโs the Life You Never Lived podcast, and heโs got an epic story to tell.
Itโs not about the @THORChain builder, itโs about what built the man.
Join here๐
๐จThe Live You Never Lived Podcast w/ @CBarraford
https://t.co/U5XcSQwQDP
A builder of @THORChain but long before that he built his own AI assistant "Jarvis" in 2010 ,6 years before the "Zuck", then he sold almost everything he owned, leaving his old life behind, and went travelling.
A month later, he discovered crypto. It's a wild tale of failure and success, but a road that leads to freedom.
This conversation isn't about what Chad builds, but about about what built Chad: freedom, control, failure, ambition, and the lives he chose not to live.
Get to know the man behind the public figure.
I'll be hosting this one on Options vs Crypto trading. The game has changed.
Holders vs Signal Seekers.
#unusualoptionstrading is following the institutional and smart money
The US has run out of ammunition. And Iran knows it.
๐ซ Iran's Supreme Leader's advisor, Mohbara said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until ALL of Iranโs conditions are met.
And warning that any violation of commitments by adversaries will lead to a stronger response.
"This time, punishment for aggression will be ongoing, and the Strait of Hormuz wont be opened until Iran's terms are fulfilled,"
#IranWarโ #TACO