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Speakers are in for our TOKEN2049 online mixer.
If you’re already flying to Singapore in October, this is the call before the week gets loud.
Founders, investors, operators. Less “introductions,” more who is actually useful to talk to before you land.
Speakers: @michaelterpin ( @TransformPR ), @EvanLuthra (@KOLCapital ), @IAmJoyceChow ( @BitAngels ), @Mansoor (@BlockchainFF ), Wendy Yew , ( @SingaporeBWeek ), @AmarSBedi ( @tashiprotocol ), @mrgandrewwork
(@token2049 MC), @MoEzeldin (@hellominds_ ), Richard Stangland (Lunar Digital assets), @Pukerrainbow (@Pukecast), @GauravDubeylive ( TradeDog Group ), @TimKinslow (BORN.LIVE), and @VaibhavvAli (@CryptoniteUAE ).
We’ll also look at Minds by Animoca Brands ( @hellominds_ ) the AI agent piece Animoca has been building into Web3.
Online. Free. Register here: luma.com/agz6qrg6
Come online first so you’re not starting from zero in the hallway.
Supported by @BitAngels, @OffChainGlobal, @CryptoMondays @EcoXDubai, @Theedgeofshow and @SingaporeBWeek
#Founders #Builders #cryptomondays #bitangels #ecoxdubai
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Thanks to @vaibhavvali of @CryptoniteUae for inviting to talk MC shop on his show. It was a ton of fun and I took something away from his experience too. Hope it helps some aspiring MC's and public speakers out there!
Ever wondered how top tier event MCs actually got their start?
In this clip, @vaibhavvali sits down with MC Andrew Work ( @mrgandrewwork ) to trace the origin story of his hosting career from non crypto native to hosting major global Web3 conferences.
The real secret behind his very first stage performance?
Watch to hear the full story of how a school Christmas play narrator learned the ultimate rule of stage presence.
What was your very first experience speaking in front of an audience? Drop your story in the comments below! 👇
Supported by - @offchainglobal @BitAngels @Crypt0Mondays @Ecoxdubai
#Token2049 #Aura8 @token2049 #Vaibhavvali #Token2049singapore
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Thanks to @vaibhavvali for hosting me on his @Aura8 podcast to talk about MCing, crypto events like #TOKEN2049 w highs and disasters of MCing and how to recover.
A great exchange! If you're interested in MCing yourself, you'll might find something useful!
linkedin.com/pulse/mastering…
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It's happened again.
I'm goin' down to South America...
Gonna have myself a time
Friendly faces everywhere
Humble folks without temptation
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Coollllll
A robot is now drawing blood inside European hospitals. Without human hands involved.
It's called Aletta. Uses AI-powered ultrasound to find the vein, inserts the needle, draws the blood, removes it, and applies the bandage. All by itself.
94.5% first-stick success rate. 98% of patients said they'd do it again.
Already CE-marked and live in Dutch hospitals. Mayo Clinic and Labcorp are backing it. FDA approval is next.
AI isn't coming for healthcare. It's already inside the room.
vc: @Vivek4real_
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Time to practice what I preach to my members at the @SSAAsia Storage Association Asia! Time to learn and network with people in my 'other' industry! If you're running an Asia-wide or Asia-located association, maybe join me in Singapore next week!
apsae.org/
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The only Canada Day event on Canada Day in Hong Kong! Email canadianclubhk@gmail.com to sign up!
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Andrew Work retweeted
75 years ago today, Bill Barilko scored in overtime, bringing the Stanley Cup home to the @MapleLeafs.
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Andrew Work retweeted
I just gave a closed-book, pen-and-paper midterm exam in my 300-level course at UBC with 100 students. All exams were graded by an experienced graduate-level TA according to a rubric.
*** The average was 64/100.***
My class averages at UBC are usually 80-85.
Context:
• This was the first midterm, covering ONLY 4 weeks of material.
• Students had a list of possible questions in advance: no surprise questions.
• Questions included (a) 3 concept definitions, (b) 3 paragraph-long questions, and (c) a 1.5-page essay.
• I have taught this class multiple times. Nothing in my teaching style changed this semester.
• We read entire paragraphs of text in class, so students don't have to do something on their own that wasn't covered during the lecture.
• Students take a 10-question multiple-choice quiz at the end of every class (30% of the final grade).
• Attendance is 95-99% every class. Attention during lectures and participation in pair-work activities are very high → anticipating the end-of-class quiz.
*** But unfortunately, I suspect many students are not reading the material on the syllabus. They are asking LLMs to summarize it instead.***
After the midterm, students reported:
• They thought they knew concept definitions but couldn't produce them on paper.
• They thought they understood the arguments but struggled to connect them or identify points of agreement and disagreement.
My view:
It might be “cool” or “innovative” to teach students to summarize readings with ChatGPT or write essays with Claude. But we may be doing them a disservice: reducing their ability to retain material, think creatively, and reason from what they know. If you only read what AI has summarized for you, you don’t truly "know" the material.
Moving forward:
We have a second midterm coming up. I don't know how to convey to students that the best way to do better on the exam is to rely on and improve their own reading skills.
Ezra Klein: "Having AI summarize a book or paper for me is a disaster.
It has no idea what I really wanted to know and wouldn't have made the connections I would've made. I'm interested in the thing I will see that other people wouldn't have seen, and I think AI typically sees what everybody else would see.
I'm not saying that AI can't be useful, but I'm pretty against shortcuts.
And obviously, you have to limit the amount of work you're doing. You can't read literally everything. But in some ways, I think it's more dangerous to think you've read something that you haven't than to not read it at all.
I think the time you spend with things is pretty important."
@ezraklein
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Thanks to AM730. The rest is pretty spot on. Always good to remind people of the value of #freemarkets in creating just and prosperous societies.
Pic is interviewing Vernon Smith, the Nobel prize winner in Economics for Lion Rock Institute 獅子山學會.
am730.com.hk/article/1016054…
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Andrew Work retweeted
On Feb 19, 1991 we released Road Apples. 35 years ago today.
We originally wanted to call the record Saskadelphia but our label thought it was too “Canadian”. We offered Road Apples as an option, thinking they’d never go for it, but they loved it.
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Dr. Bill, the fish doctor, was above teaching ecology u-grads like me when I got to @mcgillu; we heard a lot about him and his research. Of course we made a big deal about his fall from grace when he went to Queen's. But it was a great move and we missed him then...and now. RIP.
RIP Bill Leggett, PhD’69. Before he led Queen’s University as its principal, he was McGill’s chair of biology, dean of science and vice-principal (academic). Also a highly regarded expert on the dynamics of fish populations arbormemorial.ca/en/reid/obi…
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Andrew Work retweeted
GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦
EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING
THE CANADIAN WOMEN SPEED SKATERS DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD
VAL MALTAIS, IVANIE BLONDIN, ISABELLE WEIDEMANN HAVE DONE IT AGAIN
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Andrew Work retweeted
Mboko's ranking:
Jan 2025: #333
Feb 2025: #212
Mar 2025: #156
May 2025: #120
June 2025: Top 100 debut
July 2025: #88
Aug 2025: #24
Jan 2026: #13
Feb 2026: Top 10 debut
INCREDIBLE.
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Hey @Google - Why do you keep making your products shittier? Google Reader, then degraded Maps Timeline and made it unavailable on desk/laptops. Now no POP retrieval for Gmail? Are you begging people to seek alternatives? #GoogleEnshittificaion support.google.com/mail/answ…
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