Recently, CoinDesk conducted an interview with Cathie Wood of Ark Invest (the Chinese version of the interview can be found in the reference link at the end of the article).

Cathie Wood has always left me with impressions that are two extremes.

On one hand, I dislike her tendency to confidently predict the prices of crypto assets in the short to medium term, such as Bitcoin reaching XXX dollars by the end of this year or XXX dollars next year. I find such short-term predictions to be unreliable and often misleading for the general public participants.

As a public figure, it is quite inappropriate to frequently make such statements.

On the other hand, she has insightful predictions about many trends in the technology sector and profound insights into disruptive scenarios of some cutting-edge tech companies. Her predictions and insights are full of tension and imagination.

After reading this interview and curiously discovering online that Cathie Wood is already 70 years old, my perspective on her changed.

I find it hard to imagine a 70-year-old elder maintaining such vibrant energy and having such insight and sensitivity towards the technology sector.

Her youthful experiences mentioned in the interview resonated with me significantly, and some of her viewpoints highly aligned with my own.

Today, I would like to share some content from this interview.

"During my college years, I was completely unclear about my future direction, so I tried various possibilities. Engineering, education, geology, astronomy, physics… I really explored all fields. To be honest, I didn't take economics partly because my father particularly wanted me to take that course. It wasn't until the last semester of my sophomore year at UCLA that I took economics, and I became completely fascinated."

It was only after discovering her love for economics that Cathie Wood embarked on an investment career that would influence her for a lifetime.

I once worked in programming for a while and gradually realized that I didn't love programming as much as I thought. My supposed "passion" for programming was not genuine interest but simply because programming work could bring in a decent income.

As time passed, my interest in that programming job faded more and more. I wanted to explore fields that interested me more, so I began trying other industries in my spare time, such as tech training, e-commerce, intellectual property, and even at one point, I became curious about selling insurance.

But all those attempts failed. Because as soon as I delved a little deeper into those fields, I found myself completely uninterested. Finally, it wasn't until I discovered the crypto space that it completely changed the trajectory of my life.

Therefore, I deeply understand how important it is to find one's passion and interest in life.

This is also why I often emphasize in my articles that every participant in the crypto ecosystem must find a field they are interested in. Once you find what you love, you will naturally delve into it, and given time, you will become an expert in that niche and find your own wealth opportunities.

"In the future, AI assistants will make autonomous decisions and collaborate, which requires smart contracts as the underlying support. When AI agents automatically settle with media platforms, the value of the integration of blockchain and AI becomes evident."

Cathie Wood's viewpoint here is straightforward: AI agents will interact based on blockchain smart contracts.

This is also a point I have always believed in, which is why I still hold hope for Virtual. Because among all the AI + Crypto projects today, only Virtual is actively advancing this direction with the ACP protocol.

"Although Solana's market performance is more eye-catching, institutions like Coinbase and Robinhood still choose Ethereum as the Layer 2 base. This confirms our judgment that 'Ethereum will become an institutional-grade protocol.' This stems from the security advantages brought by its more decentralized architecture, even though its transaction efficiency is not as good as Solana's."

Cathie Wood's viewpoint completely resonates with me.

I previously thought that only heavy enthusiasts of the crypto ecosystem would hold such views, until this year when I discovered that a considerable number of Wall Street and institutional participants share this perspective.

In fact, I believe that for a Layer 1 blockchain, efficiency is the least important thing, while security and decentralization are the core and key that can never be compromised. To pursue efficiency, one should expand to Layer 2, Layer 3, or even Layer 4, rather than trying to make a move on Layer 1.

A 70-year-old elder having such understanding is something that most of the younger participants in this ecosystem, who are decades younger than her, should feel ashamed of.

While Cathie Wood is still striving and fighting at the forefront of technology, we younger generations should work harder to motivate ourselves.

Reference link: https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2198079

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