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Matthew's cast reminded me of this blog post i wrote 5 years ago: https://paragraph.xyz/@jake/preoccupied-with-occupations?referrer=0xBAb26F7BF91017F95F93Dcba800838D9663f41d4
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Chukwuka Osakwe
@chukwukaosakwe·22:57 27/02/2025
my favourite paragraph from @cyrus's essay on the pessimism encroaching on his soul.
as someone who is now a big skeptic of the value prop of social networks (at least in their current form), i've never really thought about their effects like this.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cyrusclarke/p/why-an-optimist-is-slowly-veering?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=d4voy
as someone who is now a big skeptic of the value prop of social networks (at least in their current form), i've never really thought about their effects like this.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cyrusclarke/p/why-an-optimist-is-slowly-veering?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=d4voy
“People are afraid to speak honestly,” said a doctor who immigrated to the U.S. from the Soviet Union. “It’s like back to the USSR, where you could only speak to the ones you trust.” If the authorities found out, you could lose your job, your status, you could go to jail or worse. The fear here is not dissimilar.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/p/what-happens-when-doctors-cant-speak?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=d4voy
https://open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/p/what-happens-when-doctors-cant-speak?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=d4voy
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
The Discipline myth — You just need more discipline.
New blog post: https://paragraph.xyz/@jake/the-big-bunny
Life is nothing short of a balancing act!
Some thoughts on:
the memification of culture (onchain), its impact on the attention economy, & the importance of understanding algorithm, echo chambers, and reality tunnels
https://paragraph.xyz/@wanderloots.eth/55-mediated-attention-memecoins,-algorithms-and-market-manipulation?referrer=0x316822580ee3725209fD96b1208ef53b73825E56
the memification of culture (onchain), its impact on the attention economy, & the importance of understanding algorithm, echo chambers, and reality tunnels
https://paragraph.xyz/@wanderloots.eth/55-mediated-attention-memecoins,-algorithms-and-market-manipulation?referrer=0x316822580ee3725209fD96b1208ef53b73825E56
Some thoughts on NFTs:
- Framing them as status assets
- Analysing how status-seeking strategies by different groups of crypto participants drive demand for NFTs in different ways
https://mirror.xyz/buffets.eth/fpPPk3A81vRinrXN6XB0GGcmu8L7A4p4_4VhHDEZRqY
- Framing them as status assets
- Analysing how status-seeking strategies by different groups of crypto participants drive demand for NFTs in different ways
https://mirror.xyz/buffets.eth/fpPPk3A81vRinrXN6XB0GGcmu8L7A4p4_4VhHDEZRqY
On what to do and what not to do, perhaps one of my most practically useful essays: https://paragraph.xyz/@jake/the-things-you-want-to-do-and-the-things-youll-be-glad-you-did
Who are the best consistent newsletter writers?
Who are the best thinkers and writers on Farcaster?
Mostly looking for medium-form (blogs / essays) as opposed to long-form (books) or short-form (casts)…
Thanks in advance for any recs.
Mostly looking for medium-form (blogs / essays) as opposed to long-form (books) or short-form (casts)…
Thanks in advance for any recs.
𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗨𝗠 𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡: 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰
https://www.openmutualism.xyz/exeunt/ETHEREUM-IS-POSTHUMAN
https://www.openmutualism.xyz/exeunt/ETHEREUM-IS-POSTHUMAN
The online self may soon be founded upon a squad of agents manifesting simulated identities.
From my latest blog post (link in quoted cast).
From my latest blog post (link in quoted cast).
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buffets
@buffets·15:31 26/11/2024
"The Remarkable Life of Ibelin" is a deeply moving documentary on Netflix about the life of a World of Warcraft player. I watched it while cooped up in an overnight bus in Peru, and it spurred a lot of reflections regarding the general phenomenon of life online and my personal digital identities.
Penned down some further thoughts about how I think our sense of self is likely to further fragment and be taken on weirder tangents in the future, as technologies like digital properties (aka NFTs) become enshrined and AI agents start simulating our very selves. Sharing my essay here in case there's any interest!
https://mirror.xyz/buffets.eth/czuDG6cYCiF4SThIgC_P1EyMmABSvv3_w3Q0IAk1tXg
Penned down some further thoughts about how I think our sense of self is likely to further fragment and be taken on weirder tangents in the future, as technologies like digital properties (aka NFTs) become enshrined and AI agents start simulating our very selves. Sharing my essay here in case there's any interest!
https://mirror.xyz/buffets.eth/czuDG6cYCiF4SThIgC_P1EyMmABSvv3_w3Q0IAk1tXg
for reasons i cannot quite understand, i have been thinking about constraints all week. then i remembered that i wrote this essay in praise of constraints two years ago and maybe it's time to revisit the theme?
https://thechukwukaosakwe.wordpress.com/2022/09/16/in-praise-of-constraints/
https://thechukwukaosakwe.wordpress.com/2022/09/16/in-praise-of-constraints/
New essay
https://paragraph.xyz/@nor/info-market-overton
written by @volky.eth who you should follow because he is smarter than you
https://paragraph.xyz/@nor/info-market-overton
written by @volky.eth who you should follow because he is smarter than you
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.
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Thumbs Up
@thumbsup.eth·19:15 20/09/2024
Here’s a piece where I share some thoughts about degrowth vs accelerationism if you’re interested
https://thumbsup.mirror.xyz/euoiYZXM1-j6KFcsGEnzoy4DYLVDomAX0V962TWjb3Y
https://thumbsup.mirror.xyz/euoiYZXM1-j6KFcsGEnzoy4DYLVDomAX0V962TWjb3Y
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John Hoang
@jhoang·03:38 17/09/2024
You can't spell culture without cult and community without unity.
In the last post, I mentioned that you can't expect a dynamic educational institution from a rigid process, and that the rigidity comes from having a small amount of people make all of the decisions. So if you want to build a dynamic educational institution, you need to start with including more people into the process, which means starting with community.
In the last post, I mentioned that you can't expect a dynamic educational institution from a rigid process, and that the rigidity comes from having a small amount of people make all of the decisions. So if you want to build a dynamic educational institution, you need to start with including more people into the process, which means starting with community.
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John Hoang
@jhoang·18:57 16/09/2024
Why I stay in the crypto space despite all of the scammers and grifters
Last year $5.6 billion was stolen from Americans through schemes involving cryptocurrency [1] , so it is no secret that the crypto industry has its fair share of scammers, and yet I am still in the space because I think it has the potential to change education.
Last year $5.6 billion was stolen from Americans through schemes involving cryptocurrency [1] , so it is no secret that the crypto industry has its fair share of scammers, and yet I am still in the space because I think it has the potential to change education.
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)
"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
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phil
@phil·16:14 04/01/2024
Introducing Onchain: a Farcaster experiment in long-form content.
Next week, original thinkers will publish /essays on governance, economics, and culture.
Subscribe to follow along or cast your own contribution directly to the channel.
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xdd3fa8a8ad4fb9f30ee7bba9893f85b13f0dada2/1
Next week, original thinkers will publish /essays on governance, economics, and culture.
Subscribe to follow along or cast your own contribution directly to the channel.
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xdd3fa8a8ad4fb9f30ee7bba9893f85b13f0dada2/1
Hello, Onchain is over , but are there maybe other interesting projects?
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?
