The personal cap table is the next iteration of social networks.
Consume -> Follow -> Invest.
Firstly, holding shares of a person would have to be grounded in actual value creation - a claim on the wealth they will create through stakes in co's, across their life.
This wouldnt work if it were a meme coin that was divorced from reality because then shareholding would be meaningless.
Discover someone doing great work, engage with them and their work, and if they're open to it, invest in them and join their cap table. When they succeed, so do you.
And it makes sense to invest where we already connect with others because investing is also a form of connecting.
Following someone is cheap. Investing in them shows that you truly believe in their potential.
This scratches an itch that we have: to show the world we believed in someone before they made it.
"I followed them when they were nothing" << "I invested in them when they were nothing" - which is tangible, verifiable, and a deeper expression of belief.
It takes a village.
The further we want to go, the greater the support we need.
That's why I'm working on an open-source legal instrument that lets us share equity in our success across life, so that we can incentivize people to help us realize our potential.
Like a company, you would have shares that others can hold. Your shareholders would have a proportional claim on the wealth you'll create through stakes in companies (and similar assets with extreme upside potential), across your life.
In the way a founder shares equity in their company, you can share equity in your lifeย โ with teachers, mentors, collaborators, and anyone who can help you on your journey itself.
By holding a stake in your success, your shareholders are incentivized to help you succeed across everything you may ever work on, and even to help you discover the right things to work on.
This also lets you raise venture capital to finance bold exploration and experimentation that isn't tied to a specific company. Capital that you can raise even before you start a company or work at one.
This instrument is creator-first by design. Shareholding is not a claim on your income, only on upside, and it doesn't come with any control or influence over your life. You control who holds your shares and can buy back shares from misaligned shareholders. You can carve out a safety net of future wealth that is excluded from shareholder claims. You can reinvest your profits to fuel your growth, and also earn royalties when you create wealth for your shareholders.
I'm working toward launching myself so that I can build my village.
If you want to launch yourself / help me launch / have feedback, let's chat!
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@bryan_johnson Woah! I hope you find a solution to this and come back stronger
Curious though: How have you been spending millions on reducing ageing but havenโt found out about this until now?
So the real principle is:
Police the minimum necessary.
Choreograph the maximum possible.
Crowd control should not take away joy.
It should protect joy from turning into violence.
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Riot control after football victories should not begin with policing.
It should begin with choreography.
A victory crowd is not just โpeople gathering.โ It is pride, release, dominance, belonging, adrenaline and joy looking for a container.
A city should ask:
โWhat does this crowd need to feel powerful without becoming destructive?โ
Because if people are not given a legitimate victory ritual, they will invent one in the streets.
And sometimes destruction becomes the ritual.
What an age we live in.
Changing real estate for high potential communities with equity tracked on the chain, energy used as currency, sustainable tech forward ecosystems
-> High value potential idea I see coming alive in the west and SEA in the near future