What I'm reading, writing, and thinking about.
Articles I’m Reading Gary Gensler is the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He’s been outspoken on crypto, in opposition to it, and has caught a lot of flak for it. Lyn Alden’s latest public newsletter titled Implications of Open Monetary and Information Networks is a remarkably objective take on why open…
You may notice a new domain name here: codyhall.com. No worries, all of the content is the same, all that’s changed is the domain. Please let me know if you see bugs or if anything is out of place! Books I’m Reading Satoru Iwata was the iconic fourth president and chief executive officer of Nintendo…
Book I’m Reading Here’s an interesting look at how the world could function with Bitcoin as the global reserve currency. This book starts with the history of money, as one should when trying to teach folks about Bitcoin. If you can get past the frequent jabs at John Maynard Keynes (Ammous really doesn’t like him),…
Book I’m Reading As the founder of PayPal and Palantir, and an early investor in Facebook and SpaceX, Thiel has some contrarian business development strategies. He focuses specifically on how to build a successful start-up. Thiel shakes things up, in business and in this book, and will make you think. These days, while reading anything,…
I’m what you could call an ‘infovore’; I love discovering and consuming information. I read and consume for knowledge gathering, entertainment, insight on a problem I’m solving, and just generally because I enjoy it! I’m beginning a weekly summary of the content I’m “crunching” — content that I’m consuming. It will vary across genres and…