3/ ‘Shelling Out’ is one example of such writings. The man writes and reasons with such depth & clarity, unlike anything I have ever seen.
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4/ History, Biology, Culture, Laws, Economics, Logic, Math, Language, you name it. Nick traverses these realms at ease and connects the dots into a beautiful larger whole.
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5/ From the Origins of Money to the DNA in our genes. From Prisoner’s Dilemma to Laffer curve. From Homo sapiens to modern civilization.
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6/ The only reason humans dominate this earth, despite our many shortcomings, is due to our ability to cooperate, and Money, together with Language, are the ultimate means for cooperation.
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7/ Money also likely stemmed the development of Math (abstract thoughts tend to spawn more abstract thoughts), which triggered an avalanche of technological progress.
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8/ Everything is connected in a single thread. Imagine having Nick Szabo as your teacher, wouldn’t you want to go to school everyday?
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9/ This is also why learning how money & Bitcoin works is so beneficial. It touches the very root of our humanity: why we are the way we are. Not only that, you get to make money at the same time :-)
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10/ On a tangential note, I think becoming someone like Nick Szabo exemplifies what it means to be a modern human- the best version of what we could be. For two reasons: practical, and inspirational.
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11/ Practical because in this day & age, we are witnessing the rise of the machines and Artificial Intelligence. One can no longer rely on the mastery of any *one* single skill to remain competitive. No jobs are safe, including Computer Science.
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12/ There should be a de-emphasis on the specialization of knowledge in schools. Curriculum need to be rewritten. You need both specialization & generalization- or more accurately, *synchronization* of knowledge, to borrow Munger’s term, to succeed in this brave new world.
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*yikes, synthesization
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