Dean PatrickBecoming Stupid: Finding Joy and Meaning in Life and Work“All happiness this mortal life affords is joy experienced through creative efforts.” — Bo Yin Ra, The Book on Happiness.6 min read·1 day ago----
Dean PatrickAll Heart Attacks Are Preventable: A Conversation with Rosanne Warmerdam — CEO of HealthblocksDean: So just talk to me about your background and where you grew up, what your family was like. Let’s go back to the very beginning.·24 min read·Jul 5, 2022----
Dean PatrickMeeting Vitalik and the Web 3.0 Vision“Every ambitious person’s life in America as far as I can tell is a complex, often irreconcilable interplay between greed and idealism.”6 min read·Dec 20, 2021--3--3
Dean PatrickOn addictionThere are lots of reasons people become addicts. The one most often described by the media, or witnessed by the average person first hand…4 min read·Dec 19, 2021--1--1
Dean PatrickThe Emperor [money, governments, art] has no clothesHow crypto reveals the absurdity of everything.·3 min read·Jul 2, 2021----
Dean PatrickSpectator Transcendence: Response to Kerry Howley’s ThThrown is wide-ranging and fiercely cerebral, spanning metaphysical transcendence, masculinity, MMA, and the American Dream. Readers…·4 min read·Feb 8, 2021----
Dean PatrickinThe StartupWhy Should I Care About Privacy? I Have Nothing to Hide.“Arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you having to hide is like saying you don’t care about free speech because you have…·4 min read·Oct 28, 2020----
Dean PatrickHamlet Loves Decentralization“What a piece of work is a man!” cries Hamlet as he laments Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s savage double-cross. They morph from Hamlet’s…·5 min read·Oct 26, 2020----
Dean PatrickinThe Dark SideTo Understand Bitcoin, Close Your Eyes and Imagine Eternal LifeNote: I published an early, less fleshed post on similar themes here. But I’ve added enough new content to warrant a separate post.·4 min read·Sep 26, 2020--1--1
Dean PatrickinThe StartupBitcoin Is the Currency of the GodsDiscounting is the single most important idea in all of finance and possibly Economics. It’s the idea that Money (cash) is less valuable…·3 min read·Jun 6, 2020--6--6