Believe in Something
/believein918
100x you agency. Build the world you want to see. Believe in something.
I’ve been thinking a *lot* about /believein.
This was originally supposed to be a Higher-aligned grants program for non-crypto writers. It later evolved into a research and discussion group for indies, still repping Higher.
For one reason or another, neither of these routes made sense for *me.* My work has evolved a ton since launch, and it was clear that I couldn’t just pigeonhole whatever I was doing into “Higher-alignment.”
This was originally supposed to be a Higher-aligned grants program for non-crypto writers. It later evolved into a research and discussion group for indies, still repping Higher.
For one reason or another, neither of these routes made sense for *me.* My work has evolved a ton since launch, and it was clear that I couldn’t just pigeonhole whatever I was doing into “Higher-alignment.”
"Writing is the superpower of humankind. It is our truest form of magic.
Writing allows you to conjure up something of value where nothing previously existed. It costs little for you to write down the lessons of your life and yet those few minutes spent writing can be life-altering for the right reader. As I once saw it put: "there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words."
Furthermore, writing is the foundation of nearly every technology and innovation because we have to record what we know before we can build upon it. And these innovations are passed down from generation to generation, allowing our children to inherit a richer intellectual fortune than what we were born into. The world is richer because we write and nobody is made poorer in the process."
- James Clear
Writing allows you to conjure up something of value where nothing previously existed. It costs little for you to write down the lessons of your life and yet those few minutes spent writing can be life-altering for the right reader. As I once saw it put: "there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words."
Furthermore, writing is the foundation of nearly every technology and innovation because we have to record what we know before we can build upon it. And these innovations are passed down from generation to generation, allowing our children to inherit a richer intellectual fortune than what we were born into. The world is richer because we write and nobody is made poorer in the process."
- James Clear
Happening today!
See y'all there :)
See y'all there :)
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@jihad·16:36 10/12/2024
The final BIS Fireside of 2024: Jack Butcher (@jack)
No description necessary. I'm so pumped.
A few surprises in the lead up to this one, so stay tuned.
BIS members only.
Drop questions you want to explore with him below!
No description necessary. I'm so pumped.
A few surprises in the lead up to this one, so stay tuned.
BIS members only.
Drop questions you want to explore with him below!
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naaate
@naaate·19:49 10/12/2024
~36 hours until submissions close and voting starts.
Top 10 submissions get $lum rewards (only 13 submitted so far).
Voters are all hypersub subscribers (in snapshot) of /believein /luminous /firstdraft /aether and /openventures
Top 10 submissions get $lum rewards (only 13 submitted so far).
Voters are all hypersub subscribers (in snapshot) of /believein /luminous /firstdraft /aether and /openventures
The final BIS Fireside of 2024: Jack Butcher (@jack)
No description necessary. I'm so pumped.
A few surprises in the lead up to this one, so stay tuned.
BIS members only.
Drop questions you want to explore with him below!
No description necessary. I'm so pumped.
A few surprises in the lead up to this one, so stay tuned.
BIS members only.
Drop questions you want to explore with him below!
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Jonny Mack
@nonlinear.eth·20:02 09/12/2024
no wallet, no crypto? no problem
you can now onboard and subscribe on @hypersub with nothing more than an email address
s/o to @base and @coinbasewallet for making this easy to implement
you can now onboard and subscribe on @hypersub with nothing more than an email address
s/o to @base and @coinbasewallet for making this easy to implement
We got a whole channel for this
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jacob
@jacob·02:25 09/12/2024
this is a great and underrated statement:
Link was just sent in the BIS group chat... see you soon :)
(DM me if you're a member and need the link)
(DM me if you're a member and need the link)
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@jihad·15:56 02/12/2024
/believein FIRESIDE: Dan Shipper of Every
Dan is at the frontier exploring how builders and writers are using AI today. We'll discuss systems to integrate AI into your workflow, and bigger picture conversation on how LLMs shape the way we think, interact, and believe.
Friday @ 12PM ET. Subscribers only.
Dan is at the frontier exploring how builders and writers are using AI today. We'll discuss systems to integrate AI into your workflow, and bigger picture conversation on how LLMs shape the way we think, interact, and believe.
Friday @ 12PM ET. Subscribers only.
This is TODAY.
Excited to see y’all there.
Excited to see y’all there.
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@jihad·15:56 02/12/2024
/believein FIRESIDE: Dan Shipper of Every
Dan is at the frontier exploring how builders and writers are using AI today. We'll discuss systems to integrate AI into your workflow, and bigger picture conversation on how LLMs shape the way we think, interact, and believe.
Friday @ 12PM ET. Subscribers only.
Dan is at the frontier exploring how builders and writers are using AI today. We'll discuss systems to integrate AI into your workflow, and bigger picture conversation on how LLMs shape the way we think, interact, and believe.
Friday @ 12PM ET. Subscribers only.
HAPPENING TOMORROW :)
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@jihad·15:56 02/12/2024
/believein FIRESIDE: Dan Shipper of Every
Dan is at the frontier exploring how builders and writers are using AI today. We'll discuss systems to integrate AI into your workflow, and bigger picture conversation on how LLMs shape the way we think, interact, and believe.
Friday @ 12PM ET. Subscribers only.
Dan is at the frontier exploring how builders and writers are using AI today. We'll discuss systems to integrate AI into your workflow, and bigger picture conversation on how LLMs shape the way we think, interact, and believe.
Friday @ 12PM ET. Subscribers only.
/believein FIRESIDE: Dan Shipper of Every
Dan is at the frontier exploring how builders and writers are using AI today. We'll discuss systems to integrate AI into your workflow, and bigger picture conversation on how LLMs shape the way we think, interact, and believe.
Friday @ 12PM ET. Subscribers only.
Dan is at the frontier exploring how builders and writers are using AI today. We'll discuss systems to integrate AI into your workflow, and bigger picture conversation on how LLMs shape the way we think, interact, and believe.
Friday @ 12PM ET. Subscribers only.
Just be $THANKFUL for what you have and not the gains you lost, the mints you missed, the alpha you weren't early enough on. Be $THANKFUL for the friends you made along the way, the community, the constant opportunities, the support you have. Regret, and frustration is a ball and chain. Keeping you from walking gracefully towards gratitude.
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Tayyab - d/acc
@tayyab·17:21 27/11/2024
“Believe in Something”
What do you believe in?
What do you believe in?
What is truly the best community in crypto?
I have my personal thoughts but would love to hear others
I have my personal thoughts but would love to hear others
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@jihad·16:57 26/11/2024
HAPPENING NOW
Link in BIS group chat. DM me if you're having issues.
Link in BIS group chat. DM me if you're having issues.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN AN HOUR.
Open to all /believein members. Super excited for this conversation. The goal is to not mention crypto at all :)
Open to all /believein members. Super excited for this conversation. The goal is to not mention crypto at all :)
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@jihad·03:22 26/11/2024
/believein FIRESIDE CHAT
My friend Haroon will be joining us Tuesday (tomorrow) at 12PM ET. Haroon isn't on Farcaster (yet), but he's one of the most thoughtful community builders I know.
His theory of hospitality in the digital age has completely warped my thinking on how to engage with and work alongside others within a network.
Highly recommend y'all join :) link will be dropped for members in the BIS group chat!
My friend Haroon will be joining us Tuesday (tomorrow) at 12PM ET. Haroon isn't on Farcaster (yet), but he's one of the most thoughtful community builders I know.
His theory of hospitality in the digital age has completely warped my thinking on how to engage with and work alongside others within a network.
Highly recommend y'all join :) link will be dropped for members in the BIS group chat!
/believein FIRESIDE CHAT
My friend Haroon will be joining us Tuesday (tomorrow) at 12PM ET. Haroon isn't on Farcaster (yet), but he's one of the most thoughtful community builders I know.
His theory of hospitality in the digital age has completely warped my thinking on how to engage with and work alongside others within a network.
Highly recommend y'all join :) link will be dropped for members in the BIS group chat!
My friend Haroon will be joining us Tuesday (tomorrow) at 12PM ET. Haroon isn't on Farcaster (yet), but he's one of the most thoughtful community builders I know.
His theory of hospitality in the digital age has completely warped my thinking on how to engage with and work alongside others within a network.
Highly recommend y'all join :) link will be dropped for members in the BIS group chat!
“Jihad, why is /believein focused on using open networks and AI to 100x the impact of your words/clear thinking? What happened to Higher bullposting?”
They’re the same thing.
They’re the same thing.
If you’re tired of the feed and looking for high signal navigation to build, understand, and believe — join /believein.
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Zach
@zd·05:38 23/11/2024
One idea from Dwarkesh <> Gwern that stuck with me:
Writing is the most powerful way to influence the shoggoth.
You either write and influence the future, or you abdicate that influence to others, and your value rounds to zero.
The shoggoth amplifies and adapts to those who write.
Writing is the most powerful way to influence the shoggoth.
You either write and influence the future, or you abdicate that influence to others, and your value rounds to zero.
The shoggoth amplifies and adapts to those who write.
Had a little rant of a writing session in this post haha
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Kuresheee🎩
@kuresheee·19:24 22/11/2024
Believe in something like Vitalik believes in privacy
Also got confirmation from two bigger names who don’t do many interviews, and especially not intimate ones like we’re doing.
We’re COOKING.
We’re COOKING.
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@jihad·13:51 20/11/2024
I’m excited about next week’s fireside chat because the dude isn’t on Farcaster. Crypto adjacent, but I don’t think he’s been on the wave since 2021.
He just thinks deeply about IRL communities and hospitality, and practices what he preaches.
Lotta lessons in there. Excited for y’all to meet him.
He just thinks deeply about IRL communities and hospitality, and practices what he preaches.
Lotta lessons in there. Excited for y’all to meet him.
I’m excited about next week’s fireside chat because the dude isn’t on Farcaster. Crypto adjacent, but I don’t think he’s been on the wave since 2021.
He just thinks deeply about IRL communities and hospitality, and practices what he preaches.
Lotta lessons in there. Excited for y’all to meet him.
He just thinks deeply about IRL communities and hospitality, and practices what he preaches.
Lotta lessons in there. Excited for y’all to meet him.
This checks out.
Little Internets.
I wrote last year that the lines between product, community, and market were blurring.
Every network will have its own brand, economy, and product suite.
Some of these networks will overlap.
They’re not “communities,” they’re not “DAOs,” they’re not *just* “economies.”
They’re little internets.
Little Internets.
I wrote last year that the lines between product, community, and market were blurring.
Every network will have its own brand, economy, and product suite.
Some of these networks will overlap.
They’re not “communities,” they’re not “DAOs,” they’re not *just* “economies.”
They’re little internets.
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Happening today in a few hours.
Proxy has a unique view on the nature of networked work that I don’t think he’s articulated publicly before.
We’ll dive into that, Clanker, and more 🫡
Link will be shared in the /believein group chat 10 minutes before the call.
https://events.xyz/events/4bb7e3
Proxy has a unique view on the nature of networked work that I don’t think he’s articulated publicly before.
We’ll dive into that, Clanker, and more 🫡
Link will be shared in the /believein group chat 10 minutes before the call.
https://events.xyz/events/4bb7e3
What would the ultimate /believein RSS feed look like?
Who would we be curating? What types of work? What do you want to see more of in your feed that is mission aligned?
Who would we be curating? What types of work? What do you want to see more of in your feed that is mission aligned?
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Happening tomorrow. Really excited for this.
/believein members can add it to their calendar here: https://events.xyz/events/4bb7e3
/believein members can add it to their calendar here: https://events.xyz/events/4bb7e3
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Three new /believein members today.
I’m excited. This direction feels right. The internet needs a home to explore what happens when conviction, tech, independence, and open networks converge.
Momentum is high. This Q&A series guest lineup is INSANE, can’t wait to share the rest of it.
Believe in something.
I’m excited. This direction feels right. The internet needs a home to explore what happens when conviction, tech, independence, and open networks converge.
Momentum is high. This Q&A series guest lineup is INSANE, can’t wait to share the rest of it.
Believe in something.
BIS PRESENTS: @proxystudio.eth Q&A
Tuesday, November 19th @ 12:30PM ET
We’ll be talking Clanker, agents, social trading, ambient interfaces, and having that dog in you.
Link will be shared in the /believein group chat. Subscribers only.
Insights will be summarized and shared publicly.
Tuesday, November 19th @ 12:30PM ET
We’ll be talking Clanker, agents, social trading, ambient interfaces, and having that dog in you.
Link will be shared in the /believein group chat. Subscribers only.
Insights will be summarized and shared publicly.
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The /believein Pattern Library is a home for patterns and ideas that are critical to understanding how to shape the world, with your words and your tools, in the networked age.
Our first pattern: Ambient Interfaces
We talk Clanker, Farcaster Frames, Discord chatbots, and the beginnings of ambience.
https://paragraph.xyz/@believeinsomething/ambient-interfaces
Our first pattern: Ambient Interfaces
We talk Clanker, Farcaster Frames, Discord chatbots, and the beginnings of ambience.
https://paragraph.xyz/@believeinsomething/ambient-interfaces
We need a pattern language for building a home, a community, and a business as an indie on the internet
Anyone who has ever subscribed to /believein was just granted one additional month of membership.
I expect to see you all on Tuesday :)
I expect to see you all on Tuesday :)
/believein revival starts Tuesday, November 19th.
Momentum into the new year will be face melting.
Goals:
1. Create the highest signal network of high-agency indie writer-practitioners
2. Develop a pattern library and toolkit for indies to build the worlds they want to see
3. Recruit believers to Higher
Momentum into the new year will be face melting.
Goals:
1. Create the highest signal network of high-agency indie writer-practitioners
2. Develop a pattern library and toolkit for indies to build the worlds they want to see
3. Recruit believers to Higher
Putting together a series of live interviews to end the year exclusively for /believein subscribers.
Three already locked in, starting next week.
Can anyone connect me to:
- Dan Shipper from Every
- Amjad Masad from Replit (or someone else on the team that would be a good interview)
Can anyone recommend:
- Anyone building novel AI x crypto agents (besides @martin 😉)
- Any indie builder that is building toward a specific future using crypto/AI and is actively writing/talking about it publicly.
The series starts next week :)
Three already locked in, starting next week.
Can anyone connect me to:
- Dan Shipper from Every
- Amjad Masad from Replit (or someone else on the team that would be a good interview)
Can anyone recommend:
- Anyone building novel AI x crypto agents (besides @martin 😉)
- Any indie builder that is building toward a specific future using crypto/AI and is actively writing/talking about it publicly.
The series starts next week :)
a renaissance of Narrative Technologists
the mark of a great society is a culture so strong that individual responsibility outweighs the impact of "incentives" and "systems"
when people consistently outsource their own morality and agency, the end is near
when people consistently outsource their own morality and agency, the end is near
Please read this.
“In preindustrial times most people's jobs made them strong. Now if you want to be strong, you work out. So there are still strong people, but only those who choose to be.
It will be the same with writing. There will still be smart people, but only those who choose to be.”
From the new PG essay.
It will be the same with writing. There will still be smart people, but only those who choose to be.”
From the new PG essay.
