I generally use Claude.ai for research and translation, and also use other AI services. The Chinese content on the website is written by me. Currently, after writing, I use Claude for English translation, then check and revise English translation myself.

I created the AI Usage page inspired by Derek Sivers.

Currently working in data analysis and credit risk modelling in Shanghai. I work during the day, take care of my kids in the evenings and weekends, invest and write in my spare time.

I created the Now page inspired by Derek Sivers.

My name is Zeng Zhi, You can call me Will. I come from Sichuan, China. Currently working and living in Shanghai. This is my room to dream and place to catch the big fish, the website is created by Planet

Exploring Life

• I like long-distance running, mountaineering, and rock climbing
• I have completed 32 full marathons, aiming to finish all 6 World Marathon Majors races, with London and Boston marathons still to go
• I have finished 15 trail running races, including 11 100km and 100-mile races. When I was a student, I set goals to complete Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), Marathon des Sables (MDS), and the Tor des Géants (TOR330) races. I've already completed UTMB (2019)
• In the next 24 years, I hope to climb the 14 eight-thousanders, the highest peaks of each continent, and trek to both poles (14+7+2). Currently at 0+2+0, having climbed Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak (2015), and solo climbed Mount Elbrus, Europe's highest peak (2018)
• I wish to climb El Capitan in Yosemite in my lifetime
  These races were completed before 2020. I hope to restart my exploration journey in the future

Art Life

Some recommendations

About Art

• David Lynch's Catching the Big Fish

On Investment and Life Wisdom

• Charlie Munger's Poor Charlie's Almanack
• Peter Bevelin's Seeking Wisdom
• All books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Game

On Training

• Steve House's Training for the New Alpinism and Training for the Uphill Athlete - taught me to view training systematically
• Tim Ferriss's Tools of Titans - offers many practical life and exercise tips

Others

• Naval Ravikant's "How to get rich without lucky". - greatly changed my understanding of wealth
• "Peter Kaufman on the Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking" - Peter Kaufman's speech is full of life wisdom, simplifying complex ideas

Financial Freedom

Years ago, I wrote down the goal of financial freedom. Now, I'm still making a living, but I hope to realize my ambitious words from back then in the near future.

Relationships

After having a family, my biggest wish is family harmony and health. I hope my children will love the mountains and nature as much as I do

One More Thing

I've been keeping a diary since junior or senior high school. After graduation, I wrote in my diary for a long time. The desire to write has always been with me. Ten years ago, I wrote over a dozen articles in English on Medium. Five years ago, I started writing articles on WeChat Official Accounts Platform, updating daily for 168 posts before only posting annual summaries. However, I've been writing continuously, just not publishing much. As I grow older, I want to publish something because writing, whether for myself or others, is something that has a cumulative effect in the long run. When I'm old and can't walk or run anymore, I'll probably still be able to type, which could be a great hobby for my later years.

I first learned about Planet from a article titled Web3 Innovation Does Not Exist by Lyric Manager in May 2023. In the article, the author mentioned the challenges of acquiring users for Web3 products, even for dedicated projects like Planetable, which had very few users.

Curious, I looked into Planet’s founder, Livid, who is also the founder of V2ex. I explored more resources, such as Jiang Hong’s podcast small talk #3: From IPFS to the Open Web, Feng Yan Feng Yu's podcast, and his keynote speech How to Own Your Own Cyber Space?. It seems Livid’s goal was to return the data back to users including data management. He was tired of managing v2ex users' data, and Planet appears to be a bridge or a boat, offering people the chance to explore a different world.

In March of this year, I remembered an article by Vitalik on TPS and went to his website to find it, only to discover that vitalik.ca was gone, with only vitalik.eth.limo accessible. He later explained in a podcast that his server provider had shut down, making vitalik.ca unusable. He said:

What I created depended on another company’s existence. When that company shut down, my work disappeared too. But ENS is a smart contract, and it points to a hash representing my homepage link; in the IPFS system, my homepage is also a link. The content is on IPFS—not blockchain, but similar technology—so even one person can ensure it’s available for a hundred years.

This is why I use Planet to create websites. It feels like owning my little piece of the digital world. Although these sites aren’t as flashy as modern ones, IPFS doesn’t store data permanently, and without usage, data might be cleared. Using pinning services still depends on third parties. But what’s important to me is that a single person can maintain this site, ensuring it exists for a long time. The point isn’t about how great these technologies are; it’s about reducing dependence and increasing individual independence. Charlie Munger once said

I did not intend to get rich. I wanted to get independent, I just overshot!.

I see Planet as a tool that allows individuals to become more independent in the digital world, even if only 25,000 ENS names have set a content hash at July 26, 2024.

I think that after three generations, we’re likely to be forgotten. Decentralized websites might prevent that, providing a place for our families to find us. A hundred years from now, when my descendants are living on Mars and a child asks their grandparents, "Who was your grandfather?" my grandchildren can tell them, "Our grandfather had a website—you can check it out; we’ve read it since we were kids."

Hello World!