Web3哲学家Arnaud

Who do you usually celebrate the New Year with?

VC bro's ultimate ghost story:
Having been a junior at a shady VC, it surprisingly became a lifelong badge of honor.
From now on, every awesome project I see is one I wanted to invest in but missed.

Manus was acquired by Meta, none of your business.
Can you stop pretending? It's just annoying to look at.

In middle school, in Chinese class, we often talked about Laozi and Zhuangzi's concept of "useless usefulness," as well as Confucian "engagement with the world" and Daoist "detachment from the world."
Now, after reading more of Zhuangzi, I realize that Zhuangzi is more "engaged with the world" than Confucius. Benevolence, righteousness, and morality are "ought" philosophies, frameworks for the changing external world; whereas the Way of Heaven is about randomness, change, and absurdity. Therefore, the wise tend to remain weak, and are not harmed by the strong.
First, cultivate oneself; then, i

Questions without answers are already wrong when you think about them; questions with answers are right the more you think about them.
The former is an intriguing philosophical exploration, while the latter is a repeatable and followable scientific principle.

Human suffering often stems from attempts to interfere with others' destinies.
Regret is an interference with the past self (which is also an object to the present self), and jealousy is an interference with others. Both are isomorphic, and both are about the illusion of control—"making reality conform to me."
Interference and control are expressions of perfectionism. Pursuing the "perfect self," seeking the "uniquely mine lover," chasing "pure emotions," and striving for "one-of-a-kind existence."
We often place too much importance on a certain element, and being too close to any object can i

If something someone proposes to you seems extremely beneficial, it usually means that it is actually extremely harmful to you.

Risk is always present, while returns are merely a subtle accessory.
Every possible premium corresponds to an inevitable risk.
Therefore, there is no "take profit" or "stop loss", only "derisk".
Risk control is not for things that are likely to happen, but for those "impossible things" that could occur.

There are four types of people in the Capital Market: scammers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and bankers.
Scammers use fake repairs to deceive, engineers use real repairs to build, entrepreneurs use fake to achieve real, bankers use real to create fake.

"A capable minister in a time of peace is a cunning hero in a time of chaos." In other words, executives during economic upturns are entrepreneurs during economic downturns.
In fact, many iconic companies indeed start or rise during the decline phase.
Although people are always eager to quote the truth that "Chaos is the ladder", only a rare few among the crowd truly dare to ascend this precarious ladder with a transcendental will, luck, and talent.
The so-called "heroic figures" refer to making correct decisions rather than popular ones, with "heroic" signifying vigorous idealism and a bold w

Zhuangzi said: “Between talent and lack of talent, they seem similar but are not the same, thus they are not free from burdens. As for those who ride the Dao and virtue and drift freely, they are different; without praise or blame, like a dragon or a snake, transforming with the times, not willing to be solely dedicated; rising and falling, harmonizing as the measure, floating among the ancestors of all things, things without being attached to things—how could they be burdened? These are the principles of Shennong and the Yellow Emperor. As for the feelings of all things and the transmission o

I am particularly keen to see young entrepreneurs fail. I especially love watching ambitious young people construct clouded values and entrepreneurial philosophies with industry jargon and their immature observations, much like a brilliant imitation show of VC investors.
I used to be obsessed with dressing up as an entrepreneur, embodying a Silicon Valley spirit, a pioneer and rebel in a certain field. Eventually, I realized that genuine entrepreneurs don't need costumes; they just need to find out where the cash comes from, regardless of whether it looks high-end or low-quality, innovative or

In the first 25 years of my life, I have fully studied "what should be", that is, what the world should be like, what is justice and what is morality. Philosophy, literature, political science and other social science theories have taught me a lot, and I have become a full idealist by eagerly seeking answers to my ideals from books, teachers, and philosophers.
Since I was 25 years old, whether in London, Paris or Zurich, I have been constantly learning about "reality", that is, what the world is really like, how to achieve goals, and how to optimize results. Business, trading, and the complex

I really want to know what it feels like to have a million.

When liquidity is very poor, some DeFi Ponzi schemes tend to appear, because Ponzi schemes have the highest actual leverage, and a small amount of liquidity can drive a large market cap.
However, in reality, these seemingly wonderful appearances always collapse due to insufficient subsequent liquidity.
Memecoins and small-cap altcoins, on the other hand, lie dormant during such times. The sluggish liquidity environment actually leads to an increase in the holding ratio, and the best among them will rebound along with the broader market.
However, there are 120 days between the Beginning of Wint

If you want to be an opinion leader in a cesspit, you must make sure you're selling shit.

Unless a person deserves and is worth arguing with, don't argue.
Arguments between people on different levels can't truly begin, and arguments that aren't worth it are just a waste of time.
Persuading others within a clear execution system means moving things in a favorable direction, but outside of such systems (as is often the case on the internet), it is merely an unnecessary pastime or torment.

The financial industry often uses technology as a guise, rise as a reference, and bubbles as reality.
Cryptocurrency is essentially finance, but it uses blockchain technology as a guise, refers to the number of addresses and TVL, and relies on candlestick charts as the reality.
According to reason, crypto should have already perished. The story had already ended in 2022.
"Decentralized finance" is as absurd a term as "synthetic meat."
The reason why crypto still exists today, and even thrives, is that it has successfully borrowed the concept of falsehood to become a kind of secondary financial