🌠 Entering 2023...

Articles to read, Google Trends, Tweets, and what are Nouns?.. 🤔

“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.” — E.O. Wilson

News Items. 🗞

• Turkish Central Bank Runs First CBDC Tests

• deGods moved to Eth, y00ts to Polygon

• EV of the year is Hyundai Ioniq 5

• Outgoing Top SEC Lawyer Dined With SBF During FTX Lobbying Spree

• Meebits can claim a fresh album

• Google’s management has reportedly issued a ‘code red’ amid the rising popularity of the ChatGPT AI

• Twitter now displays stock and cryptocurrency prices directly in search results

• Kickstarter shut down the campaign for AI porn group Unstable Diffusion amid changing guidelines

• Raspberry Pi 5 not arriving in 2023 as company hopes for a “recovery year”

• Chess Federation is entering Web3.

Reading List. 📚

• What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround?

• Optimism is Always the Best Strategy

• Building The Everything App: Fat Applications vs Fat Protocols

• 2022 Killed Wide-Eyed Crypto Idealism. Here Are Lessons for 2023

• Metaverse ETF Boom Likely To Persist Despite Performance Woes

• Expecting a recession? These are the jobs that may fare best

• 5 résumé trends that will take hold in 2023—and how use them yourself

• Decentralizing social media: a guide to the web3 social stack

• Have you been taking pills wrong? Here’s what science says.

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” — Marilyn Monroe

Visual Credit — Carl Richards​

Tweet Check. 🐦

vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin

Some smart people tell me there is an earnest smart developer community in Solana, and now that the awful opportunistic money people have been washed out, the chain has a bright future. Hard for me to tell from outside, but I hope the community gets its fair chance to thrive🦾🦾

Summers @SummersThings

Avraham "Avi" Eisenberg @avi_eisen was arrested yesterday in Puerto Rico and charged with market manipulation offenses.

Chase Chapman @chaserchapman

My biggest challenge as a “creator” (whatever that means) Has been accepting that consistency is more important than perfection It’s hard to put out things you don’t feel are your best

Edgy - The DeFi Edge 🗡️ @thedefiedge

22 Crypto Lessons Learned in 2022 (avoid these costly mistakes):

Aylo @alpha_pls

It's not an exaggeration when people say 99% of crypto projects will die. Not many survive a cycle & come out stronger. Here are a few protocols I think are in a great position 🧵

4156 @punk4156

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” — Thomas Edison

Fun Times. 🪩

• Play Verite’s puzzle for her new song.

• Wordle but for guessing weather.

kristin @kristineberth

happy holidays

-Aleyna

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