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Compound: The Money Market on Ethereum

By Julia Wu
On June 26, 2020, the value locked into the Compound protocol reached a staggering $1 billion, making it the "most valuable" decentralized finance protocol. In the past year, DeFi became the hottest topic in the crypto. Let's take a close look at one of its most popular projects.

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Isaac Asimov Got Us Here. But What Will We Do About Our Mule Next?

By Anthony Watson
Isaac Asimov may have been the greatest science fiction writer of all time. He certainly was one of the greatest science fiction writers who was also a scientist. In fact most of the books he wrote are non-fiction books not science fiction books.

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Covid 19: The End of Politics?

By Bernard
There are already two cliches when it comes to op-eds on the post-Covid future. One is obvious: the claim that the pandemic has “changed everything.” Analysts in many fields, from Fintech to branding to politics, have all seen the current crisis as a millennial moment. Some have even claimed that it will finally usher in the era of post-humanism that techno-utopians have been predicting for decades.

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53% of People Think We Buy New Tech, Not Progress. They're Wrong.

By Jose
I did a Twitter poll to see what people think is the best approach to developing new products/services. The poll has been featured among people with startup or entrepreneurial interests. After looking at the results, I was surprised.

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18 Hard Truths About Corona Recession

By Ras Vasilisin
Truth doesn’t care about your feelings.

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What Is A Transaction Relayer And How Does It Work?

By Corentin Denoeud
If you are a developer or a network user, you have probably already encountered the issue of stuck transactions. It could be described as an endless waiting for processing.

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10 Podcasts That (Happily) Steal 15+ Hours From Me Every Week

By Linh Dao Smooke
Everyday for the past few months, I wake up at around 5.30 am to prepare for my long glorious walk around this valley, as the sun rises and my brain, too, slowly wakes up. Most of my podcast consumption is concentrated in this 2-hour window. So today, I would like to share my top 10 favorite podcasts with you, ranging from contemporary culture to comedy to politics.

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Why My New Book is a Failed Attempt at Something I Can’t Put My Finger On

By Dave Balter
On June 30th, 2020 my new book, The Humility Imperative — Effective Leadership in an Era of Arrogance — will be released.

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PRODUCT

It’s Launch Day. How Good is Your Inner Game?

Read this great short post from PM Tyler Mahoeny for a reminder of the importance of going inwards before launching your sh1t out into the world.

In 53% of My Followers Think We Buy New Tech, Not Progress. Here’s Why They’re Wrong, @josberco explores two philosophical approaches to product design⁠—as a result of a twitter poll he conducted on why people buy products. In short: 95% of new products fail because their makers adopt a “builder behavior” mindset, as opposed to a problem-solving one.

If you’re in product, what’s your go to approach for discerning the viability of a product? Add your point of view in the comments.

Apparently we’re as reluctant to talk about money in Product Management as we are at the dinner table. As @tanayagrawal points out in Make it Sticky, then Acquire: 4 Pricing Lessons From My First 0-100 Users,

"Pricing conversations usually happen later in the product development lifecycle, and PMs often wait for the product to gain some traction before discussing a robust monetization strategy. I have made those same mistakes, and my career as a product manager has taught me that monetization is something that needs to be thought of from day 0." — @tanayagrawal

FUTURE OF WORK

The Tech Worker’s Pandemic Advantage

TL; DR:

"Were you thinking about learning to code? Hurry up! If you are a tech worker already experiencing this extremely positive blessing, be generous ." — Anthony Watson, coder

Staying with future-facing stories :

@swati-sharma argues that Business Process Automation Is Key to the Success of the Future Workforce; and
@adinam’s Why Low-Code Will Never Replace Developers contains a kernel of simple truth also applicable far beyond the software engineering realm: " It’s all about collaboration."

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Practice This Second Order Thinking Hack to Start Making Better Decisions

Nice mental-model explainer post from @vinitabansal. Click through for the decision-making template you may’ve been longing for.

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Compound: The Money Market on Ethereum

Isaac Asimov Got Us Here. But What Will We Do About Our Mule Next?

Covid 19: The End of Politics?

53% of People Think We Buy New Tech, Not Progress. They're Wrong.

18 Hard Truths About Corona Recession

What Is A Transaction Relayer And How Does It Work?

10 Podcasts That (Happily) Steal 15+ Hours From Me Every Week

Why My New Book is a Failed Attempt at Something I Can’t Put My Finger On

It’s Launch Day. How Good is Your Inner Game?

The Tech Worker’s Pandemic Advantage

Practice This Second Order Thinking Hack to Start Making Better Decisions

Have You Added Hacker Noon’s Top Tech Stories Tab to Chrome Yet?

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