I became a bounty hunter!

I began a bounty-based unlearning experiment. Payment forbidden until lasting satisfaction with results.

Bob’s bounty

I met a man I’ll call “Bob” at Manifest, a prediction market conference.

Said lifelong anxiety was bottlenecking his agency and relationships.

Put a $3k bounty on its head.

Within a month, he was:

• Choosing more difficult projects at work

• Expressing romantic feelings frankly

• Embracing social interactions that used to be triggering

• Dancing weekly (we never spoke about this)

I’m choosing to work on problems beyond my capabilities, and get excited about situations where my weaknesses are repeatedly on display.

Thanks to Bob for transcribing

Previously he’d done:

Payment forbidden until lasting satisfaction with results. 35 days later:

Tweet thread.

6 month audio interview:

→ organizing ridiculous projects others rallied around

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