Colin Cunningham

Whatever you do, do it with the confidence of a 4 year old in a Batman suit.

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

Jordan was often described as a shark, not for the reasons you’d think, but for his boundless energy and relentless determination. Almost as if the more he moved, the more energy he stored / had available to him.

All my friends are restless, all they do is talk it down Two or eight lanes, it don't matter, it's just another town There's a fool on every corner, on every street, in everyone And I'd rather be your fool nowhere than go somewhere and be no one's

And so I find myself thinking a lot about horses, nowadays. In 1920, there were 25 million horses in the United States, 25 million horses totally ambivalent to two hundred years of progress in mechanical engines. And not very long after, 93 percent of those horses had disappeared. I very much hope we'll get the two decades that horses did. But looking at how fast Claude is automating my job, I think we're getting a lot less.

How to Think Like Peter Thiel To understand why Thiel avoids competition and consensus, you have to understand the man who shaped how he thinks about desire. You start with René Girard Thread

2026 is going to be a banger. I myself am not a builder, but if I was, I’d be getting down to building right about…now.

@FundamentEdge Rohr is a legend.

I went through this exact journey myself. After 13 years climbing the ladder at hedge funds in NYC and ultimately reaching my goal of becoming a portfolio manager, I had a major internal crisis. I had the analytical capabilities to do the job, but my nervous system wasn't wired in a way that aligned with navigating the volatility of the marketplace (and workforce) while also finding internal peace & joy. I worked with a coach, and he asked me "is this what you want to be doing at 50?". I was burned out and no longer found meaning in seeking to generate 300bps of alpha for institutional LPs - the answer was obvious. I knew I needed a change. I decided to move my family from NYC to Scottsdale, and downshift & reorient my career, while also meaningfully restructuring my personal cost structure. I thought the peace and joy would flow immediately upon the move...remove the stressor and joy arrives, right? Right?! WELL, for really the first time in my life, this gray feeling of depression crept in, and it surprised me. In NYC I was special. I had status, I had an identify. The first thing people ask at a cocktail party in Tribeca is "what do you do?". With pride, I responded "I'm a PM at Citadel". Brokers rolled out the red carpet and "friends" emerged given your perch and your ability to help them. I was infected with mimetic desire and I moved into a beautiful apartment building and was neighbors with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tyra Banks. And it was fun, it was thrilling. Then, all of a sudden I didn't have that. I was a failed "semi-retired" PM. I looked around me, and I didn't feel special...I felt, for the first time in my life, average. I lived in an average house, drove an average car, and lived an average lifestyle. And it hit me harder than I thought it would. And I went through it. I struggled for a solid 18 months. I went through the letting go of my ego, the letting go of the identity that I had been so carefully crafting for nearly 20 years. What did I learn along the way? I learned that depression is a feature, not a bug. A period of depression, when associated with the letting go of identity, is actually a well-established threshold in the archetypal evolution of male spirituality. The journey for me kicked off a transition towards a much deeper exploration of the true meaning of life, which I believe is a deeply personal question. For me, this transition point marked a transition towards inner growth as a primary metric of success. Who I can become. In exploration, I learned that what I was going through was far from unique, but was actually a well-established transition point in a well-lived life. I stumbled upon Richard Rohr's wonderful book, Falling Upward, and it seemed to explain this journey in wonderful precision. How the loss of attachment to status and identity is actually a wonderful gift! I have established this framework as a core part of my personal philosophy of life. And, with some distance from the gray, now look at that period of my life as a wonderful gift. A necessary letting go and reorientation towards more true and more enduring sources of peace, joy & meaning. So, if you are feeling depressed at the loss of identity. Keep going. It's a sign you are on the right track.

“Average Day on the NyC Subway”…

@EricksonCC We know how long this has existed. How much longer can it last?

1000x outcomes driven by strategic partnership announcements

Pete Carroll is the man. At his age, his mentality, and his attitude. Tough to beat.

Those of you who are interested in the origins of Rock'n'Roll and Rhythm & Blues, my book Rip It Up: The Specialty Records Story is a must. Few books that deal with music history are written by someone who's lived it and gets it.

Don't blink.

@shweta_ai Public library, no?

I’ve been thinking a lot about third spaces: - A public place where you can sit and read or work - No pressure to buy anything - Surrounded by books and quiet people - Sometimes it can have free events and talks Has anyone tried this?

@HiltnerJim But first When investors want to use them.

Institutions will come into DeFi in size when there’s unique assets with real fundamentals onchain that they can’t get access to anywhere else

@EricksonCC @AmericanAir Can assure you @AmericanAir did not select those kicks

I would like to personally thank whoever designed the interior of this airplane. @AmericanAir

We spoke to @chainlink during Token2049 last year about how we’re bringing tokenized securities onchain in a big way in 2025. At Backed, we create tokenized securities built for DeFi.

in some very real sense new york feels like the slop originator for the rest of the country. brooklyn concepts are so close to the divine slop source that they will infect the rest of the country in no time. you will see japanese listening bars in tulsa, trendy saunas in texas

every "new transplant" city in the US has taken on the same slop aesthetic. austin, nashville, scottsdale -- all of them embody the same kind of beer garden yuppieism. scooters and axe throwing, plastic apartments and group fitness. no history, just remote first jobs.

Finally some value on X.