Speed & Scale, NFTs and Thich Nhat Hanh
Podcast episode with Mike Horn
Hello crypto-meditators,✨
NFT’s are all the rage lately, so we delve deeper into our take on them. You might recognize John Doerr as silicon valley’s star investor or as the creator of Google’s famous OKRs—Objectives Key Results. Well he has OKRed the climate crisis. Finally a man with a plan. This week we lost the inspiring Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. Below our favourite quotes and books by him.
*Check out our latest podcast episode with Mike Horn: Adventurer & Explorer
#WhatWouldMikeHornDo? Is now our mantra whenever we feel like giving up!
NFTs👾
Non-fungible tokens. As we migrate to a web3 world and with it into the metaverse we look into what NFTs mean and why they’re more exciting than daunting. First came crypto and it disrupted fiat currency. Now come NFTs. Thanks to blockchain technology and crypto currency we can now purchase digital assets.
What we like about NFTs
Artists and creators can now move away from web2 reliance: spotify/facebook and can actually market and trace their assets by themselves.
Yet, the use of NFTs can be applied to more than just art, think NFTs applied to fashion, to tickets, to games, to eventually even a company—imagine fundraising through NFTs and DAOs—Decentralized Autonomous Organizations.
Basically our future will have a lot of NFTs and that actually excites us. NFTs like crypto give power back to the people and away from corporations.
D E C E N T R A L I Z A T I O N
The Energy Dilemma
Every crypto transaction uses energy. So purchasing NFTs also uses energy. Yet not all coins are created equal. Some use proof-of-work (bitcoin), which requires a lot of processing power and others proof-of-stake (flow coin), which requires a lot less energy. So when you’re purchasing an NFT and you’re worried about its footprint it really depends on which coin you’re purchasing it with.
I sometimes wonder whether the trashing campaign against NFTs is due to its confusing nature or the fact that web2 companies are worried about being dethroned. Comments/thoughts are much appreciated!
Speed & Scale ⚖️
John Doerr is a very successful venture capitalist, engineer and entrepreneur. In the late 90s Doerr believed in a silicon valley startup: Google, and shared with Larry and Sergei his recipe for high growth: OKRs.
What are OKRs?
Objectives and Key Results. An easy way to make sure your team remains focused and their results tracked.
OKRs to save the climate crisis:
With an engineering mind Doerr applies OKRs to fix our species’ most pressing problem: The Climate Crisis. He defines 6 clear and simple objectives and the accelerants to achieve them.
Electrifying transportation
Decarbonize the grid
Fix food
Protect nature
Clean up industry
Remove carbon
Win politics and policy
Turn movements into action
Innovate
Invest
Thich Nhat Hanh 🙏🏻
We will treasure your wisdom through generations to come. Thank you for advocating for peace, mindfulness and a healthy planet. R.I.P
His top books:
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"We need a real awakening, a real enlightenment. New laws and policies are not enough. We need to change our way of thinking and seeing things."—Thich Nhat Hanh
How to Love
“In true love you attain freedom”
The Art of Living
“I don’t exercise to get fit or be healthier; I do it to enjoy being alive.”
The Miracle of Mindfulness
“In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.”
You Are Here
“Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.”
Love Letter to the Earth
“There is no difference between healing ourselves and healing the Earth.”