Nov '25 • Self-Sovereignty
Outsourcing Definitions of Success
A month and a half ago, I quit a well-paying job, lost a promising offer, rented out my house, and moved in with my partner and his kids. Everything changed overnight — and the answers I once trusted started collapsing under their own weight.
I realized I’d been chasing points instead of meaning.Money, followers, titles, “impact metrics”… all just versions of the same scoreboard designed to keep us playing.
In Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari calls money a point system — a shared illusion we use to measure trust. But now, we’ve built systems that don’t just track what we buy, but who we are.
He calls it peer-to-peer policing — a world where success isn’t freedom; it’s compliance.
So I’m done chasing points. I’m creating my own game — one where meaning matters more than metrics.
I’m trading in the scoreboard for something far more dangerous — self-sovereignty.
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Outsourcing Definitions of Success
