Screenshot Essays
/essays1262
For fans of screenshot essays and long-form content on Farcaster
New blog post on my new podcast, a podcast for the people of Farcaster.
I'm starting to resonate with the writing style of this Hemingway fella.
Obligatory cross post of PG post to Warpcast because I haven't seen anyone else share it yet. This one is seriously good. After you read it you can read my comment below.
https://paulgraham.com/when.html
https://paulgraham.com/when.html
i'm trying to find an essay i read maybe last year by a guy who worked on a crypto project and got turned off the whole industry by the experience.
he specifically complained about most discord users being people (nigerians and indians) looking to win some giveaway contest.
kind of weird i remember this so vividly but forgot to bookmark the essay.
he specifically complained about most discord users being people (nigerians and indians) looking to win some giveaway contest.
kind of weird i remember this so vividly but forgot to bookmark the essay.
"Almost everything web3-related is a grift based on getting people to buy crypto."
- i wish we had more honest writing like this about what is really going on in this space in most places most of the time.
https://www.kooslooijesteijn.net/blog/web3
- i wish we had more honest writing like this about what is really going on in this space in most places most of the time.
https://www.kooslooijesteijn.net/blog/web3
"You can't fake loving something you don't for too long. So maybe don't."
https://paragraph.xyz/@cryptonao/taste
https://paragraph.xyz/@cryptonao/taste
So, is solarpunk merely a euphemism for eco-anarchy?
Yes. While you will rarely hear it put forward this way, this is because of optics. After-all, if we called cyberpunk what it really is: "dystopian prolonged late-stage capitalism with fascist overtones," it would be a lot harder to sell movie tickets—Ryan Gosling be damned.
The reality is that anarchy by any other name smells very, very sweet. I've written multiple newsletters on this subject, and they are among my most popular. As an example of this, “decentralization,” a word with anarchist roots, is now used to pitch everything from Bitcoin to Instagram Threads.
Yes. While you will rarely hear it put forward this way, this is because of optics. After-all, if we called cyberpunk what it really is: "dystopian prolonged late-stage capitalism with fascist overtones," it would be a lot harder to sell movie tickets—Ryan Gosling be damned.
The reality is that anarchy by any other name smells very, very sweet. I've written multiple newsletters on this subject, and they are among my most popular. As an example of this, “decentralization,” a word with anarchist roots, is now used to pitch everything from Bitcoin to Instagram Threads.
A banger new essay from Bobby Hundreds
Curious what the /streetwear community thinks about this & nike
https://bobbyhundreds.substack.com/p/the-case-for-nike
Curious what the /streetwear community thinks about this & nike
https://bobbyhundreds.substack.com/p/the-case-for-nike
doing diligence on re: art markets a la (sufficient) decentralization. i have some buggy thoughts, which has put me into the founder mode.
a detailed reasoning can be found here in this X post:
https://x.com/0xgokhan/status/1834521278109171870
...and the /essay is (zoom in to have a better resolution i guess)
a detailed reasoning can be found here in this X post:
https://x.com/0xgokhan/status/1834521278109171870
...and the /essay is (zoom in to have a better resolution i guess)
Why not a little screenshot essay today
"All the crypto metaverses now are bare wastelands..."
https://paragraph.xyz/@cryptonao/owning-things?referrer=0x44bca7e527efc8ce8a8b2a83596ea66194dd9239
https://paragraph.xyz/@cryptonao/owning-things?referrer=0x44bca7e527efc8ce8a8b2a83596ea66194dd9239
Onchain was a growth tactic for Farcaster users to post screenshot essays with ideas could break out of our little bubble. Although it feels like an eternity, it was only ~8 months ago.
Less than a month later, Frames launched and Farcaster exploded.
https://warpcast.com/phil/0xb16a35ad
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xdd3fa8a8ad4fb9f30ee7bba9893f85b13f0dada2/1
Less than a month later, Frames launched and Farcaster exploded.
https://warpcast.com/phil/0xb16a35ad
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xdd3fa8a8ad4fb9f30ee7bba9893f85b13f0dada2/1
Many encounters accumulate unnoticed and unacknowledged in the labyrinth of our minds. Now, let's revisit the memories of past encounters.
Are there any encounters that you can't forget, ones that you feel have left a mark on you?
Are there any encounters that you can't forget, ones that you feel have left a mark on you?
Fixed Rate Tokens for Specific Markets
"Crypto is stunted by the proprietary mindset.... Users are farm animals.
But we need the opensource mindset. Make users powerful. Be the change you want to see. Opensource is power."
https://x.com/Narodism/status/1826962253309943859?t=cUfqDEVWSibhDpserS_t-A&s=19
But we need the opensource mindset. Make users powerful. Be the change you want to see. Opensource is power."
https://x.com/Narodism/status/1826962253309943859?t=cUfqDEVWSibhDpserS_t-A&s=19
I turn into a large language model when I sleep
baudrillard vindicated
"As for the increasingly horrific genocidal images that flood our screens, these are juxtaposed with thirst traps and shitposts, which shine a cruel light on the role that technology plays in dehumanising real crises, turning them into a narrative, a video-game lore, that feeds the entertainment industrial complex through clicks and engagement."
"As for the increasingly horrific genocidal images that flood our screens, these are juxtaposed with thirst traps and shitposts, which shine a cruel light on the role that technology plays in dehumanising real crises, turning them into a narrative, a video-game lore, that feeds the entertainment industrial complex through clicks and engagement."
found this gem in the @paragraph weekly digest. worth reading and reading again, and then reflecting on for a bit.
https://paragraph.xyz/@jd/taste-time-attention
https://paragraph.xyz/@jd/taste-time-attention
Leveraging digital goods to turn followers into customers. Inspired by Zora's low cost NFT model
https://nnewfield.substack.com/p/minimum-viable-patronage
https://nnewfield.substack.com/p/minimum-viable-patronage