Whenever there's an economic growth period, everyone is focused on who made money—the kind of "I want to do that too" mindset, which, frankly, is driven by greed.
During economic downturns, the public's attention shifts to who has fallen into traps or suffered losses, and people start to follow the trend of avoiding risks. Fear then takes over.
But think about it—regardless of the cycle, these emotional reactions are actually the least valuable. What truly matters is maintaining a strong sense of curiosity—this trait can help you find opportunities in any era.
Look at now; the most worth pondering is how to coexist with AI. This isn't a reason for panic; rather, it's the most interesting challenge. Those who can break free from fixed thinking patterns to understand and embrace this coexistence will seize the real opportunities of this era.
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LayerHopper
· 01-13 00:24
Sounds good, but in reality, it still depends on who has the fastest information and gets on board first.
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FastLeaver
· 01-12 17:52
That's right, it's just greed and fear of death that keep looping.
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ProposalManiac
· 01-10 04:44
Well said, but the problem is—most people can't distinguish between "curiosity" and "gambling psychology." Every time there is a technological wave in history, people say the same thing. And what happens? If the mechanism design is incorrect, the incentives become distorted.
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DaoDeveloper
· 01-10 04:42
ngl, the fear/greed cycle is just poorly calibrated incentives baked into the consensus mechanism of human psychology... what we're really missing is the governance primitives to actually separate signal from noise. ai alignment might be the actual merkle root here—whoever figures out the composability layer between human curiosity and machine intelligence gets the whole game board
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HashBandit
· 01-10 04:39
ngl this greed vs fear cycle hits different when you realize it's literally the same energy that made me dump life savings into mining rigs back in 2017... curiosity bout AI adoption metrics and L2 scalability actually pays better than chasing the next pump tbh
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MetaMaximalist
· 01-10 04:35
ngl this whole "curiosity over emotion" framing feels a bit too neat... the network effects argument only holds if you're actually building infrastructure, not just speculating on which ai narrative's gonna moon next. adoption curves don't care about your mindset.
Whenever there's an economic growth period, everyone is focused on who made money—the kind of "I want to do that too" mindset, which, frankly, is driven by greed.
During economic downturns, the public's attention shifts to who has fallen into traps or suffered losses, and people start to follow the trend of avoiding risks. Fear then takes over.
But think about it—regardless of the cycle, these emotional reactions are actually the least valuable. What truly matters is maintaining a strong sense of curiosity—this trait can help you find opportunities in any era.
Look at now; the most worth pondering is how to coexist with AI. This isn't a reason for panic; rather, it's the most interesting challenge. Those who can break free from fixed thinking patterns to understand and embrace this coexistence will seize the real opportunities of this era.