She posted a selfie and got 12M views overnight. Welcome to the game. Men are out here grinding at their craft, building something real, putting in work at 2am, earning it every step of the way - anything to stand out. She turned on her front camera for 3 seconds. A guy posts his face: 3 likes and "you eating enough?" from mom. A girl posts her face: marriage proposals, brand deals, and a lineup of restraining orders. So men have no choice but to become interesting. Build something. Be funny. Have skills. Offer value. Earn attention. Women have the express lane and it's not even close. The algorithm isn't just rewarding them for being pretty. It's teaching their brains that being pretty pays 100x more than being smart, funny, or interesting. They're getting dopamine hits that would take a guy a lifetime to earn - if he's lucky. That level of validation doesn't build confidence. It builds dependency. The smart ones use the attention to build something real. Most get stuck chasing the next hit. They're stuck because nothing else in life hits like 50,000 strangers validating you before breakfast. Men build skills because they have no other option. Women get the cheat code.

Please welcome Naomi Metzger (@afrochicksnft) to @a16zcrypto Voices Onchain! An 11x British triple jump champion, Commonwealth bronze medalist, and European Team silver medalist, Naomi is a pro athlete bringing elite sport into the world of crypto. From launching NFT art and running crypto-powered fitness challenges to documenting her LA 2028 Olympic journey onchain, Naomi is redefining what it means to be an athlete in crypto. Catch her this week at the 10th @ChristiesInc Art Tech Summit, where she’ll be creating content with the VO team and speaking on the panel “Performance, Patronage, and Impact.”

The feminine urge to intentionally leak all my private data on the internet >.<

This is the peaceful left.