How to Get Rid of FOMO
FOMO is not a personality flaw. It's an evolutionary social monitoring system running on hardware designed for a tribe of 150 people, now pointed at a feed o...
Mar 24, 2026*11 min read
Thoughts on trading, investing, crypto, philosophy, and building.
FOMO is not a personality flaw. It's an evolutionary social monitoring system running on hardware designed for a tribe of 150 people, now pointed at a feed o...
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A few months ago, I made a costly mistake.
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