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16/ A. I have younger friends, ones who aren’t as far along on the ossification spectrum. B. I like making money. I’ll learn anything if there’s EV there.

17/ So I started. Now a few months into the journey, and I’m still faced with the same learning problem. “MEV, what’s that? Sounds weird, I’ll stick to my CEX trading.” “NFTs? So stupid, and plus you can’t even get short. Forget it.”

18/ Do I *have* to learn this? Then I start, and I remember that I *like* learning. And that “what’s important” isn’t written in stone.

19/ What's important changes, and the only way you’ll figure out the new important things is by learning some things that feel dumb and worthless. If you’re never learning stupid stuff, you’re not learning much.

20/ And so it goes. I have to keep reminding myself I’m not a hunter gatherer. The world I live in is so rich in opportunities, and getting richer all the time. 100% exploit, or even 85%, is just clearly too much. True at age 45, and it’ll be true at age 85.

21/ The good news in all of this, for older people, is that old knowledge is VALUABLE. Some of the biggest joys and best trades happen when old knowledge is applied in new areas. Because usually those new areas are being created by young people who don’t have much experience.

22/ An old person being flexible enough to learn new things, and partnering with younger people, is the great sweet spot where anything can happen. ps. Don’t yell at me about old/young. Y’all know what I mean. /END

Addendum because I already got a DM about it: the people I most like to read on the Twitter are people who seem enthralled with learning new things. @KrisAbdelmessih @ReformedTrader @nope_its_lily @vgr and a bunch of others I'm sure I'm forgetting.