2020 predictions, from 2017

People sometimes ask me what I think about the future.
Luckily for them, I’m the biggest expert on the future on planet Earth. Like everybody else.

Naval Ravikant’s 36 tweets on Cryptocurrencies

Fall seven times, stand up eight

Years ago I was told a powerful Japanese proverb, Nanakorobi yaoki (七転び八起き), which literally means “fall seven times, stand up eight”, or that life will knock you down several times, but all you need to do to win is to stand up one time more.

Elon Musk’s Boring Company is boring… For now.

Elon Musk. What can you say about him? The Nikola Tesla of the 21st Century. Maybe he will succeed, maybe he will fail, but he already left a mark and he’ll never be forgotten.

Crypto city

It’s time to talk about the concept of a Crypto City. But a few things first.

Unfuck

If we agree that the world is “fucked” — stuck in a downspiral, where the situation is getting worse and worse — then you should be very…

Sam Altman on YC, Universal Basic Income, Trump, New Cities

Aurora habet aurum in ore

I love Latin proverbs. This one, “Aurora habet aurum in ore”, means that morning has gold in its mouth — in other…