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Online community lifecycles and my de-platforming from Facebook

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020
Social Media

I was recently deactivated from Facebook. Not suspended for a few days or weeks — literally deleted. My high crime that warranted

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I’m a technology relic

November 13, 2020
Tech

Found this sorting through old stuff my mom had saved in storage. She saved a print out from one of my first

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Hey look at the calendar, where did I go?

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020
General

Wow, I had no idea this excursion into blockchain would consume 500% of my time since committing to launching 10XTS. I say

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Blockchain eating Wall Street? How about eating the world?

May 27, 2017November 13, 2020
Blockchain

Back in the olden days of the early internet, this really smart guy, Don Tapscott, wrote an amazingly visionary book called The

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Say Hello to Heaven

May 18, 2017May 18, 2017
Music

Chris Cornell was one of the icons of my youth. He was one of the foundations of the grunge music era. People

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The Science of Persuasion

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017
Marketing/Sales

I’ve always been fascinated with marketing psychology. Especially in the context of marketing copywriting and sales. One of the world’s foremost leaders

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Defy Ventures – Step to the Line

May 16, 2017May 17, 2017
Accelerators/Venture Capital

I was first introduced to Defy Ventures and their mission at FounderCon, the Techstars global annual conference that was held in Cincinnati

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The 48 Laws of Power

May 15, 2017May 17, 2017
Leadership

The 48 Laws of Power is an amazing study into the power dynamics between people by Robert Greene. In a way, it's

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How to Spot a Lie From a Former CIA Officer

May 14, 2017May 17, 2017
Leadership/Sales

One of the more important components of successful business relationships is trust. In my own experience, whenever my trust has been broken

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Austin Kleon: Steal Like an Artist

May 13, 2017May 17, 2017
Innovation/Marketing/Startups

Austin Kleon is an interesting dude with a bold openness that’s refreshing. In fact, every academic and engineering person on the planet

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MichaelHilesHilesFiles@MichaelHiles·
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@lex_node @collins_belton @mayazi @ChrisBlec This is the likely outcome. No FI CCO will allow any 2 leg entity associated w an L1 wallet that has ever interacted w TC to not fall under extended AML scrutiny bc they're already considered high risk for crypto.

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MichaelHilesHilesFiles@MichaelHiles·
12 Aug

I am still curious about the @EFF position on "illegal code" based on facilitation of "illegal transactions"

They're tightly connected, but yet distinct and separate activities, and even intent.

https://www.fiod.nl/arrest-of-suspected-developer-of-tornado-cash/

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MichaelHilesHilesFiles@MichaelHiles·
10 Aug

Great op-ed by @mises

On one hand, you need for consumer protection, regulatory is largely complaint-driven.

OTOH, you have special interests using regulatory to force economic interests creating a toll-keeper drag on monetary capital efficiency.

https://mises.org/wire/central-banks-have-been-hedging-rampant-regulation-will-end-now

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MichaelHilesHilesFiles@MichaelHiles·
10 Aug

@BullyEsq Radiohead and Bjork my least liked acts of the era. Both are awful.

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NYcryptolawyerLewis Cohen@NYcryptolawyer·
10 Aug

🀞🏼🀞🏼🀞🏼 https://twitter.com/millercwl/status/1557098026354761728

Miller@millercwl

1/ Just sent Treasury a FOIA request for docs + comms on the Tornado designation

(yes... via snail mail) 2

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