on advice from my friend and internet superstar Yoni - I am moving to a more distribution friendly platform.
I wrote a piece on long term thinking - https://finnmurphyirl.substack.com/p/in-search-of-long-term-thinking - first new post there and will keep writing (hopefully more often) on this new platform.
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