This morning the new iPhone came out. The colour of the new Pro is ugly as hell, and there’s basically nothing new about it. But I’ll still get one because I’m in need of a new iPhone. Plus, there’s not really anything I use as much as an iPhone, especially for $1500.
I rode 58.3km in 2 hours. I was trying to do 30kph for 2 hours. But by the end, my legs just got cooked and I couldn’t maintain ~160bpm, so there was no hope — I almost didn’t make it up home road. Considering it was a massively windy day, and I was in a freakin zip up hoodie rather than some aero skin suit, I’ll take it.
Last night I had an interesting discussion with Sarah — she was talking about how she didn’t vibe with the UCLA folk and I was like “wtf i’ve lowkey been journaling about practically the same thing for 3 days”. So we talked about it for a while. I said pretty much the same thing I’ve been journaling for the last 3 days — that I felt much less respected/appreciated by my Calgarian peers than in SF. She had an interesting response I never expected.
whats funny is i feel the complete opposite lol have never felt respected by tech / crypto people i think this is another reason why im so excited about influencing cuz i found something i can be good at and be respected for if that makes sense — like something of my own
I never knew that was a problem she faced — though it makes sense as she’s someone nontechnical while I am deeply technical (I guess I just never considered her perspective). But generally, my thesis of being respected less in Calgary isn’t an accurate perception of reality. I realized it was contradictory at the time, but didn’t have a better explanation. It was the only population-level difference I could think of between Calgary and SF. But agency also makes sense — it takes a decent amount of effort to end up in SF, doubly so for non-Americans. It’s hilarious that I even noted most of my close SF friends were non-American; it’s just another agency filter. I really like people who have the ability to get what they want — what a fascinating perspective.
Maybe it’s broader, and not specifically agency, but relatability as a whole. It’s just that a lot of my experiences originate from being fairly agentic. Hence why I can be close with Justin/Nish’s significant others; they probably also like ambitious people considering their choice in partnership. They’re also extremely willing to change and adapt, and able to put in the effort to do so.
I’m still not sure it’s right, but it was surely an insightful discussion. I’ll see if I have more observations during my final week or two in Calgary knowing this.
Tomorrow I play badminton with Vivian/Nolan/etc, which should be fun. I really want ice cream right now. I hope someone will come get ice cream with me at Village ice cream afterwards so we can have a late night (10:30PM) yap session like I did in SF/NYC. Those are some of my favourite conversations ever. Would be mildly sadge if nobody does tbh.
Shipped 1 smol PR today. Not productive, too distracted by the stupid iPhone, what a waste of 2 hours watching the event. Boring as shit.