"Psychology hack: Talk to yourself in the 3rd person when you’re spiraling. 'Sarah’s freaking out, but Sarah’s handled worse before.’ Researchers found it calms your nervous system.” @thecasekenny

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 1/ The smartest thing Abstract is doing right now might not even be technical. It’s psychological. 2/ Most chains feel like tools. You bridge. Swap. Maybe mint something. Then leave. The interaction ends almost immediately. 3/ Abstract feels different because the ecosystem creates anticipation. People check apps to see what changed. They check rankings. New launches. Community activity. Users stop acting like visitors. They start acting like participants. 4/ That changes the entire energy of a chain. Because once people become emotionally connected to an ecosystem, activity stops feeling transactional. It starts feeling personal. 5/ You can already see it happening too. People recognize each other across apps. Communities overlap. Games create inside jokes. XP becomes social. The ecosystem slowly develops its own internet culture. 6/ Technology can attract attention. But culture is what keeps ecosystems alive long after the hype fades. 7/ Most chains are still competing for transactions. Abstract looks like it’s competing for mindshare instead. Way harder to build. Way stronger if it works. 8/ Many people still underestimate what’s happening here. They’re evaluating Abstract like infrastructure, while the ecosystem is slowly evolving into something that feels much closer to a digital society than a normal blockchain. @AbstractChain @Abstract_Eco @AbsTVx

🇺🇲 Trump’s reverse psychology on inflation and the Iran war is wearing thin. “[We had] the worst inflation in American history…when the war ends, it will be down very quickly... It could be over whenever I want it to be over.” Translation: I have no way of stopping the Iran war and inflation be damned. Writer: Marie

This month’s Psychology for a Better You looks at why achievement culture is intensifying and why the fix isn’t lowering your standards. It’s something psychologists call mattering. Also inside: how to quiet your inner critic when it strikes. Learn more:

A reminder from The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel: “Money’s greatest intrinsic value—and this can’t be overstated—is its ability to give you control over your time. Use money to gain control over your time, because not having control of your time is such a powerful and universal drag on happiness. The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want to, pays the highest dividend that exists in finance.”