I'm Michael Silberling.

The first topic I want to touch on is wallets. In order for us to use any crypto-based application, we first need to set up our own wallet. Whether you believe that crypto is legitimate or not, this wallet-based system may show us how we'll be using the internet in the future.

Nothing recently has struck me quite like Paul Graham's latest essay "What I Worked On." I definitely had to leave a lot of important detail out when writing my own "What I Worked On" thread, but it was highly therapeutic. I knocked it out in about an hour, but I was physically shaking while I was writing it. But, I'm glad I did it. Here it is.

My jaw dropped. I felt like I was getting a look into the future of businesses and startups. Looking at creator businesses through the lens of customer loyalty helps explain why I think they'll lead a new wave of massive-scale businesses.

I recently realized that I do my best thinking when I’m on a walk and have some type of background noise playing on my headphones. I feel like I can actually focus and work through my brain without feeling the urge to check my phone or laptop or anything else.

Are “wide-open” social networks the way that we should be interacting with each other? Maybe we should return to our roots in the physical world and build focused communities? Communities with shared interests and ideas, where people feel like they belong.

I’ve been told that I used to be a very curious person. Somewhere along the line I lost it, and now I’m trying to get it back. I’ve effectively created a system where I can choose what stays with me in the long-term. Having a reliable method to actually keep track of everything, rather than forgetting everything after a week, makes me so much more excited to discover and analyze new things. For one of the few times in my life, it makes learning, and following my curiosity, actually fun.

Well, this was another nuts week (x2). For this volume, imagine yourself on a cross-country flight, with minimal turbulence, and noise-canceling headphones to drown out all of the sounds around you. Because that’s how I listened to pretty much everything that I’m mentioning below.If you’re new (welcome!), this is Product/Michael Fit, a series where I share my favorite pieces of content from the past week(ish), along with my own takeaways. Subscribe here or on my Substack to get on the email list, and find me on Twitter @MSilb7.