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1) A strong impression I've gotten from the crypto ecosystem: Usually, there is no conspiracy; it's just disorganization and messiness and really exactly what it looks like. Shit happens, often for silly reasons, but ones you could predict if you thought about it.
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2) Over the last year, though-- --I have seen a few things that shocked me. Maybe I've always been a bit naive, or over-trained on certain subcultures at the expense of others. People buying bot Twitter accounts to shit on others was one. It's not the biggest.
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3) Usually you can get a sense early on of how trustworthy something is. Not always: there are some VCs that seemed very constructive, and turned out to be hilariously destructive. And sometimes it depends on who you are: people show different selves to different people.
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4) I've tried, I think, to be constructive with others. In retrospect maybe I could have done so even more consistently--but it's always my goal. I want partnerships and allies, not enemies. There's no point in that. Let's build the best things we can, together.
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