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··· 44 44 - Self-sovereign identity: the user is in control of their identity. 45 45 - Privacy-preserving: the user's identity is not shared with third parties. 46 46 - Sybil-resistant: identity is subject to scarcity; i.e., creating more identifiers cannot be used to manipulate a system. 47 47 + - Two big unsolved problems on decentralized mechanism design are identity (making sure that the same person can't have multiple identities) and collusion (making sure groups cannot coordinate to manipulate the system). 47 48 48 49 ## Types of Decentralization 49 50

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··· 50 50 - Top Trading Cycles yields Pareto-efficient, individually rational, strategyproof allocations in exchange problems. 51 51 - Most bits of information in the output of a mechanism should come from the participants' inputs, not from hard-coded rules inside of the mechanism itself. 52 52 - A good mechanism is also a mechanism that actually does solve the problems that we care about. If it can't be done completely neutrally, it doesn't mean it should not be done at all. 53 53 + - Any mechanism that can help genuinely under-coordinated parties coordinate will, without the right safeguards, also help already coordinated parties (such as many accounts controlled by the same person) [over-coordinate](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2019/04/03/collusion.html) with potential ways to "do wrong" (e.g: extract money from the system). 53 54 54 55 ### Examples 55 56

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··· 14 14 - When [[Problem Solving|facing a problem]], prefer a lean approach with a simple solution and built upon it. Re-framing problems will make easy to give simpler solutions. How would it look like if it was simple? 15 15 - Remove friction. Focus on essentials. Complexity itself has costs. It makes life harder to manage, reduces our degrees of freedom, and so forth. Often people do not factor those costs into their decisions as they incrementally and inattentively complexify their lives. A person with the virtue of simplicity asks, of any decision they make, "does this make my life more complex, and if so is that worth it?" 16 16 - Live smarter, not harder. Don't complain about stuff you can easily fix, [[Automation|automate]], or delegate. Money can buy [[time]]. 17 17 - - Keep Calm. Own and deal with your emotions. [[Stoicism|Focus on what you can control]]. Try to plan the possible outcomes and don't rush. 17 17 + - Keep Calm. Own and deal with your emotions. Focus on what you can control. Try to plan the possible outcomes and don't rush. 18 18 + - We don't control and cannot rely on external events, but we can (to a certain extent) control our mind and choose our behavior. 19 19 + - [Stoicism is a tool set that helps us direct our thoughts and actions in an unpredictable world](https://www.njlifehacks.com/what-is-stoicism-overview-definition-10-stoic-principles/). 20 20 + - It's not what happens to us but our reactions to it that matter. 18 21 - Think, understand, and listen before [[Communication|communicating]]. 19 22 - Don't worry too much about things that won't matter to you or your loved ones in 10 years. 20 23 - Assume positive intent. No one is your enemy, you're an NPC in their game. Everyone is the main character of their own movie (*sonder*).

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··· 7 7 - Epistemic humility. "It's possible that I might be the one who's wrong here". 8 8 - Arguments are not soldiers. Most people go into debate with a war-like mentality, they feel they must fly the flag for all points that their side supports, regardless of how much they actually agree with them. 9 9 - Do not be afraid to agree with the arguments of the other side when they strike you as reasonable, and critique the arguments of your own side when they strike you as unreasonable. 10 10 + - Maintain civilized discourse even when stakes feel high. [The belief that "if a fight is important to you, fight nasty"](https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/02/23/in-favor-of-niceness-community-and-civilization/) undermines the very foundations of productive disagreement. Using deceptive tactics, personal attacks, or silencing opponents may feel effective short-term but degrades the social infrastructure that makes rational discourse possible. 10 11 - Good faith. An assumption that people believe things for causal reasons. Assume good intentions. 11 12 - Confidence in the existence of objective truth or a better position. 12 13 - [[Curiosity]] and/or a desire to uncover truth.

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··· 1 1 - # Stoicism 2 2 - 3 3 - - We don't control and cannot rely on external events, but we can (to a certain extent) control our mind and choose our behavior. 4 4 - - [Stoicism is a tool set that helps us direct our thoughts and actions in an unpredictable world](https://www.njlifehacks.com/what-is-stoicism-overview-definition-10-stoic-principles/). 5 5 - - It's not what happens to us but our reactions to it that matter. 6 6 - - Stoicism is known as a eudaimonistic theory, which means that the culmination of human endeavor or "end" (telos) is *eudaimonia*, meaning very roughly "happiness" or "flourishing". The Stoics defined this end as "living in agreement with nature". "Nature" is a complex and multivalent concept for the Stoics, and so their definition of the goal or final end of human striving is very rich. 7 7 - - Stoicism teaches how to keep a calm and [[Thinking|rational]] mind no matter what happens to you and it helps you understand and focus on what you can control and not worry about and accept what you can't control. 8 8 - - There are two circles; the circle of concern (what you worry about) and the circle of influence (what you can change). Focus on the overlapping part. 9 9 - - We'd be crazy to want to face difficulty in life. But we'd be equally crazy to think that it isn't going to happen. Prepare for it and plan for the worst. The idea of premeditation of adversity is to repeatedly imagine potentially "bad" scenarios in advance, so that they will not catch you by surprise, and you'll be able to face them calmly and act according to virtue. 10 10 - - Stoic ideas inevitably lead to greater mindfulness. 11 11 - - Accept rather than fight every little thing. 12 12 - - Judge yourself accurately and honestly. 13 13 - - Causes (stress, overwhelm) are within us. Don't blame people or circumstances. You (most of the times) have a choice.