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Jan 30 4 tweets 1 min read
Having a decentralized friend group who will give you no-nonsense, zero BS feedback and advice is a real competitive advantage.

• Unconnected to your other groups
• Different backgrounds
• Range of experience sets
• Novel perspectives

Enormous value unlock.
The separation from your day-to-day circles is critical.

Their perspectives are “clean”—not influenced by outside factors, other relationships, etc.

Digital/pseudonymous nature of some of these relationships makes it even easier to provide unfiltered feedback in a safe setting.
My guess is that most people that have these decentralized friend groups are running them through group chats, Discord servers, Slack channels, etc.

I wonder if there are any infrastructure or “rails” to be built around optimizing decentralized friend groups.

I’m intrigued…
Big credit to my decentralized friend @george__mack for being the first person to talk about decentralized friend groups.

I’ve written about it a few times since he sparked me with the idea.

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More from @SahilBloom

Jan 30
It’s 5pm, freezing outside, and I’m two whiskies deep.

A few thoughts and hot takes (on a wide variety of topics):
Every single person should write more. Becoming a better writer is the most sure fire way to level up in your career and life.

Elegant writing is hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Some writing is just…beautiful.

Write for 15 minutes a day, on any topic.
Most of the people you look up to and admire are remarkably unremarkable.

There are clear exceptions, but as a general rule of thumb, this is an empowering realization.

Their success is not due to some intrinsic difference, but some stellar combination of effort and luck.
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Jan 29
“Razors” are rules of thumb that simplify decisions.

The most valuable razors I’ve discovered:
The Smart Friends Razor

If your smartest friends are all interested in something, it’s worth paying attention to.

If that something seems crazy, it's worth paying a lot of attention to.

The passions of the smartest people in your circles are a looking glass into the future.
The Rooms Razor

If you have a choice between entering two rooms, choose the room where you are more likely to be the dumbest one in the room.

Once you are in the room, talk less and listen more.

Bad for your ego, great for your growth.
Read 32 tweets
Jan 27
🔥New Episode: The Wolf of All Streets, @scottmelker🔥

Scott was my first supporter—he literally shared everything I wrote in the early days.

He’s also an avid crypto trader with the scars to prove it!

We went deep on crypto, trading, prediction markets, and more. Links below.
Join the Discord community to go deeper and to get free alpha with the friends! discord.gg/TZu54jGf
Read 4 tweets
Jan 26
De Beers literally created the global diamond industry.

It's a fascinating—and controversial—tale of psychological hacks, marketing campaigns, and market manipulation.

Here's a breakdown of the crazy story:
1/ For most of history, diamonds were not a particularly important gem.

Largely found in India and Brazil, they were rare, but had little intrinsic value.

Then in 1870, large diamond mines were discovered in South Africa—a discovery that would change the diamond world forever.
2/ The new South African mines would be producing enormous quantities of diamonds.

That presented a problem for their British investors.

In a free market, the glut of supply—and associated dent in the perception of scarcity—would send the price of diamonds into free fall.
Read 20 tweets
Jan 24
MSCHF is making shirts that illegally use the logos of major companies.

The Cease & Desist Grand Prix: 8 different shirts—250 of each. If that company is the first to send a C&D, the buyers of that shirt win!

$120K in revenue—MILLIONS in earned media.

Here's a breakdown: Image
MSCHF is an interesting company—an art collective that does crazy, limited edition product drops that sell out in minutes.

Some of their prior work:
• Nike “Jesus Shoes”
• Museum of Forgeries
• Lil Nas X “Satan Shoes”

The drops are as creative as they are profitable. ImageImage
MSCHF doesn't shy away from controversy.

Its drops often draw the ire of corporate legal teams, who protest the illegal use of their brands.

MSCHF complies, but only after generating millions in earned media on the drop.

MSCHF is intimately familiar with the Cease & Desist...
Read 18 tweets
Jan 22
Life rules worth breaking:
Wait for the Perfect Moment

This rule has paralyzed would-be action-takers for generations.

The reality: there is no such thing as the perfect moment.

Sometimes you just have to open the door, jump out of the plane, and hope you packed the parachute tight.
You Have to Work Hard to Succeed

Hard work is important—but it's relative, not absolute.

In the Digital Age—when creative and inspired work stands out and is rewarded—what you work on is more important than how hard you work.

Play your game, not theirs.

You’ll play it better.
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