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The Impact of Limited Elite Positions on Social Instability and Cooperation
The limited elite positions cause infighting, social instability, and a breakdown in cooperation. This continues until a crisis occurs, leading to a new cycle of cooperation.
Episode 500: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Jason Yanowitz (https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz) founder of Blockworks, which covers crypto news, information and analytics. Jason shares the revenue numbers behind Blockworks, the secret to hosting profitable events, and why he would put 100% of his portfolio in crypto.
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
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• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:45) Blockworks revenue and profitability
(4:00) How to crush it with a conference
(10:00) Conferences are really 3-day marketplaces
(15:00) Jason's accidental MLM success story
(23:00) The difference between MLMs and pyramid schemes
(27:00) How Sam Ovens inspired Blockworks
(30:00) The fallacy of founder origin stories
(35:00) How Sam is optimizing his life
(42:00) Business Idea: Beehiiv for Conferences
(45:00) Business Idea: Hair transplants for the masses
(48:00) Blockworks Research
(55:00) Where is Jason putting his money?
(1:00:00) How Sam thinks about crypto
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Links:
• Blockworks - https://blockworks.co/
• Blockworks Research - https://www.blockworksresearch.com/
• Blockworks Twitter - https://twitter.com/blockworks_
• Jason’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz
• Sam Ovens Consulting company - https://www.consulting.com/
• Peter Turchin - https://peterturchin.com/
• beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/
• Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.com/
• Splash - https://splashthat.com/
• Hopin acquisition - https://tinyurl.com/2zn2kk3p
• ‘Elon Musk,’ by Walter Isaacson - https://tinyurl.com/bde53vpr
• Jeff Bezo’s Regret Minimization Framework - https://tinyurl.com/m34hmyfk
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