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Urbit
I've been aware of and fascinated by Urbit [https://urbit.org/] for a while. In 2017, Meher and I did an Epicenter podcast with Galen Wolfe-Pauly about Urbit [https://epicenter.tv/episodes/205/]. I recently listened to it again and it is great. I also bought a bunch
Creating Space
One of the nice things about the Christmas break was to have no meetings, no Slack. It created some space and silence that I very much needed. Over the next 30 days, starting tomorrow, I want to extend that and go deeper with it. And the best way for me
Email Processing
When it comes to interacting with emails, I am often falling into patterns that are dysfunctional. But I have also figured out patterns that feel smooth and efficient. In this post, I wanted to describe both of them. Dysfunctional Email My email inbox has a emails in it that have
2021 Blog Posts Overview
This is the 35th post of the year. I'm really happy that I've been writing regularly, especially in the last three months. To wrap up this year of writing, I grouped most of the posts by area below. Even though I write many posts quickly with
How to Do Things Slowly
In my last post [https://bfc.do/ghost/#/editor/post/61c9918aec40d505786019f4/], I wrote about how my goal for 2022 is to go slow. But this is easier said than done. My own default mode is to try to do things fast and rush. When I do anything, I tend to
Slow
My goal for next year is to go slow. Do everything more slowly. Interject an extra pause. Take a breath. Lean back. Look around. Rest for a moment.
Four Thought Cold Shower
I have been practicing the Four Thoughts [https://tricycle.org/dharmatalks/special-retreat-four-thoughts-turn-mind/] for about 18 months. I have mostly followed some of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche [https://tergar.org/]'s excellent teachings. I find this practice powerful and will write more about them another time. But one thing I also
Writing as Liberation
I'm enjoying writing at the moment. It is scary for me to do this. It makes me feel exposed. But when I do it anyway and publish a post, it is liberation. It is especially the act of publishing that is liberation. Sometimes I try to write something
Issues Amplified
One of my key learnings is that by default an organization amplifies the issues of its leadership. This is something I had seen before Chorus One several times. There were great people, vision, brilliance and excitement. But then things didn't quite work out. Mostly, it was because of
Crypto is Political
> The darkness is here and will sweep over our digital world. It cannot be stopped, since the benefits it brings are too great. All the latent potentialities of humanity that are being pushed down will be allowed to rise up to the top. - Dark.fi Manifesto [https://dark.