#7 | Basketball Training, Doing Scary Things, FTX, Bitcoin, Iterating As You Go, Twitter Files, Transparency, Critiques of the Left, and Independent Thinking

Expect to hear about how my basketball training business has been going, my experience doing scary things to grow, some thoughts on the FTX bankruptcy, why I believe in Bitcoin, being comfortable with iterating as I go, my thoughts on the Twitter Files, transparency, critiques and alignments with the left, and independent thinking. 

This was recorded on December 17, 2022. 

Timestamps below: 

(00:00:50) - recapping the day and the week 

(00:06:02) - cold therapy and morning sunlight 

(00:08:38) - wrapping up the first half of school  

(00:13:31) - Basketball Training 

(00:23:21) - staying consistent  

(00:26:50) - being okay with rough drafts  

(00:28:40) - doing scary things 

(00:30:30) - engaging with dating   

(00:32:30) - solving a problem through action not thinking  

(00:34:00) - speaking honestly  

(00:35:15) - do it and see what happens  

(00:36:00) - Bitcoin and asking who actually holds your money? 

(00:39:40) - cold storage / wallet 

(00:40:30) - full custody of your funds 

(00:43:00) - ability to transact with anyone, anywhere 

(00:45:50) - removing the need for a third party 

(00:46:40) - The distinction between Bitcoin and all other cryptocurrencies - commodity vs. security  

(00:51:30) - twitter files, censorship and free speech 

(00:54:55) - thumb on the scale  

(00:56:09) - Hunter Biden and Donald Trump 

(00:59:00) - Response to Elon taking over Twitter and the release of the Twitter files  

(1:00:00) - My thoughts on what is considered hate speech 

(1:02:00) - My critiques and alignments with the left 

(1:06:00) - People's critique of Elon 

(1:07:00) - Transparency, Independent Thinking and Keeping an Open Mind 

(1:12:08) - "Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer."  

(1:13:34) - Podcasts I've been binging recently