I'm officially ending Roote! Proud of the fellows for their relentless energy & curiosity. Proud of myself for creating the How Everything Evolved YouTube series. Grateful to have some time to focus on my health. Full post below. ❤️

day 1 YC hackathon

One of the underappreciated secrets to winning in any new sector is: just stick around. If you just stick around long enough, the losers blow up early. Then the winners retire early. So eventually you win by just doing the work when nobody else can or wants to. When people ask me how we built Dragonfly to became one of the biggest VCs in crypto, this is mostly the answer. We didn’t start with a big brand or any obvious advantages. Few people in the crypto world knew who I was before Dragonfly. But we just kept doing the work. While others got too rich and retired, or just got bored or distracted, we kept doing the work. For 7 years. It’s kind of that simple. (This insight shamelessly stolen from @naval)

After 7 months of writing, I finished my essay! I think agency might be the most important idea of the 21st century highagency.com

.@naval's idea of "play" may be the single most important criteria for finding what you want to work on @paulg said it similarly but more simply: "find something you have an aptitude for and great interest in" deriving a sense of fun, joy, etc is the prerequisite

my proposal is out and I'm fundraising I love this picture

built the cursor for writing, link in comments

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ~ Steve Martin

Works in Progress is hosting Invisible College again this August – a residential seminar in Cambridge for people aged 18–22. If you fit the bill & would enjoy a week about the scientific method, the history of economic growth, & similar subjects, apply! worksinprogress.news/p/apply…

residency applications are dropping rn - closing march 1st. ever want to lock in for months on end, surrounded by people doing the same? thats what the residency is all about - its a home for the ambitious. read on to accelerate 👇

Imagine a world where flu is no longer a constant, unpredictable threat. My latest piece with @RyanDuncombe  on the quest for developing universal flu vaccines now live @AsimovPress From the looming threat of H5N1 to the yearly burden of winter flu, why are we still stuck in a reactive cycle—hoping that the next viral mutation doesn’t trigger the pandemic? The relentless pursuit of pan-influenza vaccines must define the next frontier in human health.

For the last decade, I’ve sent this post from my friend @hunterwalk to new grads wanting to work in tech. It remains the best advice for new grads, period. Evergreen post. (Link in comments)

The Thiel Fellowship but it’s just buying college dropouts Claude subscriptions and teaching them Anki. Would unironically put them ahead of 99% of their peers.