If you don't the words for something, you can't think it. That's control. The flipside is true as well. If you introduce new words, you're able to think new thoughts. Youare able to see the world in a profoundly different way. And if you don't think mark zukeberg gets that, you're sadly mistaken. He absolutely gets that. So what i mean by the metaverse is that world of language. It's both our power as humanity, because it does allow us tothink new thoughts and create beauty and joy. And it's also our achilles heel, because we are hard wired to respond to language and words used in certain ways
Ben Hunt is the creator and primary author of Epsilon Theory, and co-founder and CIO at Second Foundation Partners. Epsilon Theory is a newsletter that examines markets through the lenses of game theory and history. Over 100,000 professional investors and allocators across 180 countries read Epsilon Theory for its fresh perspective and novel insights into market dynamics. You can follow Ben on Twitter at https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory and read Epsilon Theory here: https://www.epsilontheory.com/ Show Notes:
- Neurolinguistic hard reset
- Ben’s days at Harvard
- Why Klaus Schwab is a raccoon
- Human beings are social animals
- How language impacts and limits us
- The cost of the Metaverse
- How the nudging state is rewiring us
- Does narrative follow price, or is it the inverse?
- Traders respond to stories everyday
- How technology can fight the nudging state.
- NOAH: An ark of stories on the blockchain
Books Mentioned:
- The WEIRDest People in the World; by Joseph Henrich
- How the Irish Saved Civilization; by Thomas Cahill