Camellia Yang

Talking Network Nation, Future Trends and the Tim Ferriss Podcast

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/balaji-tim-ferriss-network-state Reading Recommendations This year’s most anticipated new book “The Network State” is finally here! The author, Balaji Srinivasan , is one of the Twitter giants that I often mention in my articles. He holds a BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University, and was a former […]

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40 mental models and laws to help you understand the real world

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/40-mind-altering-concepts-cn Photo credit: Komarov Egor 1. Littlewood’s Law. The average person will encounter a “coincidence” (or even witness a miracle with a probability of one in a million) every 30 to 35 days. All over the world, as long as the sample size is large enough, no matter how unimaginable things can happen.

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Buddha girl with AK47 — My reflection on living in Portugal

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/buddha-girl-with-ak47-my-reflection-on-living-in-portugal They call me buddha girl with an AK47 in Aveiro. One moment I sit there working and meditating, calm and in peace. Next minute I unleash my inner wilderness, dancing and singing like nobody is watching. Five months of living in Aveiro is serendipitous and surreal to me. Tourists often consider here

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Ryan Holiday | 35 Lessons Learned at 35

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/ryan-holiday-35-cn Photo by eberhard □ grossgasteiger on Unsplash Introduction: ​Ryan Holiday celebrates his 35th birthday this month. I have summarized many of his articles and his annual birthday reflections before (with a summary at the end). Today, I will compile his latest release of “35 Lessons Learned at 35 Years Old 35” Lessons

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Reflection on a new relationship between writers & readers in web3

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/reflection-on-a-new-relationship-between-writers-readers-in-web3 Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash I got into crypto in 2017 because my ex-boyfriend was an Ethereum miner. Out of curiosity, I started to step into this mysterious world to study, invest and run experiments (thanks ex!). Web3 frens always say 2020 was the year of DeFi, 2021 was the year

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On Content Production, Imitation Desires, and the Latin Code of Life

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/content-creation-mimetic-theory-and-latin-mottos Photo credit: Rob Bates Two days ago, on a whim, I updated the “Ideal Tun” Chinese podcast (exclusively broadcast by Xiao Universe), and reviewed how I grew from a person with a lot of mood swings, easily anxious and worried about the future, to now I can maintain a peaceful mind and

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Chiwi Journal #14: Nick Cave, Love & Nihilism, Beyond Order, Multi-verse, and Body & Mind

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/chiwi-journal-14-nick-cave-love-nihilism-beyond-order-multi-verse-and-body-mind Quick update from me ​I’ve been living in Lisbon on and off for two months but still have a FOMO of sun. When the sun is out (almost every day), I subconsciously have the urge to go outside (PTSD from living in London for a while ?). Spending most time outdoors made

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Chiwi Journal #14: Nick Cave, Love & Nihilism, Beyond Order, Multi-verse, and Body & Mind

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/chiwi-journal-14-nick-cave-love-nihilism-beyond-order-multi-verse-and-body-mind Quick update from me ​I’ve been living in Lisbon on and off for two months but still have a FOMO of sun. When the sun is out (almost every day), I subconsciously have the urge to go outside (PTSD from living in London for a while ?). Spending most time outdoors made

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Talking about trauma treatment and “The Twelve Laws of Life 2”

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/ezra-klein-show-and-beyond-order Celebrate with flowers! The new book “The Twelve Rules of Life 2” by “Professor Lobster” Jordan Peterson, translated by Shi Xiuxiong and Zhang Pengcheng, is finally published! In 2019, I signed up for the 100km Trailwalker Charity Walk organized by Oxfam International and completed a 100km mountain hike in less than 32

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Talking about Buterin’s paper, a16z encryption market status report and web3’s LinkedIn platform

Original link: https://www.camelliayang.com/blog/va16zweb3 Photo credit: Milad Fakurian ​ I read two web3 related reports this week, one is Decentralized Society: Finding Web3’s Soul ; the other is a16z’s “ 2022 Crypto Market Status Report Introducing the 2022 State” of Crypto Report” , briefly summarizes the essence of the report.​ Decentralized Society: Finding the Soul of

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Naval Collection | The Chinese version of Naval Collection is available!

Formerly Peter Kaufman’s “Poor Charlie’s Book”, a collection of Charlie Munger’s personal biography, investment philosophy, and Munger’s major public speeches and media interviews over the past 20 years; now Eric Jorgenson ) has compiled more than 17,000 tweets, interviews and speeches, as well as podcast interviews and blog essays from Naval Ravikant over a decade

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