china
Day 21: Americans have no idea how much better China’s infrastructure is
Frequent power outages were the norm growing up in the USA but almost never happened while living in China.
freedom
Day 20: Opting out of US healthcare and social security
I opted out of the US social ponzi scheme, but with that freedom comes responsibility.
internet
Day 19: Why am I paying for you to read this?
Musings on the perverse incentive structure of the internet.
stacks
Day 18: Stacks will be the Paypal mafia of Bitcoin
It's incredibly motivational to see what Stacks OGs and the community are building!
writing
Day 17: Writing about hard things is hard!
Writing about topics in which I'm invested is hard.
immigrants
Day: 16 Diaspora have a bone to pick
Diaspora often have a bone to pick with their former homes...that's often why they left...take their views with a grain of salt!
hong kong
Day 15: Employer tax withholding is a scam
Employer tax withholding is a scam used to get people to pay heavy taxes without feeling the pain.
hong kong
Day 14: Behave like the society you want to live in
Hong Kongers' kindness makes this a great place to live.
newsletter
✍️ Week 2 of my writing challenge
Hi friends! We are wrapping up week two of my month-long daily writing challenge. Posts from Day 4 through Day 13 are linked below. If you missed the first four posts, you can find them here in the previous email. I feel like I'm really getting into
freedom
Day 13: Rent seeking medical tests
I'm dreaming of a world where medical tests are cheap and automated.
bitcoin
Day 12: Hot and not bitcoin technologies
An informal poll of a Hong Kong ordinals meetup about which bitcoin tech is interesting and which is not.
payments
Day 11: Online vs offline in person payments
In person payment systems that require users to be online fall apart when the network stops working. A hotpot experience.