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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 22 Nov 2018
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      My dad always told me, “I want you to study hard so you don’t have to struggle and suffer like me”. But working hard manual labor at SL was *incredibly* satisfying to me. It was the opposite of school. Everything I did *mattered*. I felt real kinship with everyone I worked with

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    2. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 22 Nov 2018
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      I get that I was working only for a month or so, and it’s a sort of “blue collar tourism” - life is different for people who have no choice. I know. I spoke with them, worked with them, ate with them, smoked with them. It was the realest experience of my life until then

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    3. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 22 Nov 2018
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      So like... maybe what my dad was trying to say with “I don’t want you to struggle like me” is, “I don’t want you to feel low-status like me”, in which case I have already succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. But I don’t think he sees it 😂 yet, anyway. Asian parents need proof

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    4. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 22 Nov 2018
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      I think what I’m circling around to is... my experiences with lots of different people have taught me that there’s something unjust about the way money is distributed. (Just observing my own feelings; I’m not advocating for redistribution or anything. Just trying to understand)

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    5. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 22 Nov 2018
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      And I think maybe the secret is buried in the phrase “money is debt”, which is an idea I’ve encountered several times but I’ve never quite properly investigated 🤔

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    6. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 22 Nov 2018
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      Before I get down to reading the Graeber book I think it’s interesting to just reflect and riff on the idea. Money is debt. Money is a promise. Money is a piece of paper representing the promises people have made each other We pay each other with other people’s promises

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    7. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 22 Nov 2018
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      Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy

      Ok reading timehttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1065534592793305089?s=21 …

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      Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv
      #nowreading Debt, by David Graeber pic.twitter.com/56owEhf1fc
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    8. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 26 Nov 2018
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      Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Faceberg

      It all makes sense nowhttps://twitter.com/thefaceberg/status/1067267214879780864?s=21 …

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      Faceberg @thefaceberg
      when you understand this picture in its entirety, you will finally understand how “the economy” really works pic.twitter.com/PHmEoyEleT
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    9. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 27 Nov 2018
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      Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Patrick McKenzie

      This is part of what I’m talking about. Why do the money gods smile on some and not others? I want to understand. It’s an elaborate game of status and intriguehttps://twitter.com/patio11/status/1067515893335257088?s=21 …

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      Patrick McKenzie @patio11
      The OSS community has yet to come to grips with “Companies with $50 million in the bank send an incredible volume of support requests to people who are worried about making their $600 rent, and the community and culture in OSS makes this feel normal.” https://twitter.com/devonzuegel/status/1067497894394028032 …
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    10. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 28 Nov 2018
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      Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Patrick McKenzie

      I would love to read a book or thread about “the physics of money”, just full of anecdotes like thishttps://twitter.com/patio11/status/1067699966066405376?s=21 …

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      Patrick McKenzie @patio11
      The physics of money **do in fact** make it easier for a line engineer or tier 1 manager to authorize a $X,000 license purchase or support contract than to p-card $25 for a donation.
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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 28 Nov 2018
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      Dang it, now I might have to write that...

      12:51 AM - 28 Nov 2018
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        2. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 28 Nov 2018
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          Replying to @patio11

          I would love to assist! What are the other weird/surprising things about money physics? 🤓

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        3. Taylor Hodge‏ @jtaylorhodge 28 Nov 2018
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          Replying to @visakanv @patio11

          Just chiming in to say that I wholeheartedly support this collaboration and would 100% pay full retail for this book💸

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        1. sam atman‏ @djinnius 6 Jan 2019
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          doitdoitDoIt!!!

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