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“If this, then that” for the future
It’s never been easier to make a bet online with crypto but it remains difficult to compose your own.
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The Eternal Art of the Online Riff
A framework for thinking about riffs and hope for what comes next
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The Art of Channel Construction
Ever since Elon took over Twitter there has been a ton of chatter about leaving Twitter and building alternatives to Twitter.
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A Truth I've Come to Value
This post was originally written nine years ago and never published.
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onchain > web3
The debate around whether we shed the hyphen in "on-chain" is a side show to a deeper challenge: after years of endless conversation about web3, do we…
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Roll Your Own Social Network
An open note to people who hate how Elon is running Twitter. And a plea to those who love what he’s doing with the place
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A silent majority just got a huge mic on twitter
Last week, Twitter released a new feature that had many scratching their heads. They disabled public likes for all ~360 million users. It’s subtle but I…
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Regen Memecoins
Most memecoins fail.
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Purge your Drafts Folder
One of the hardest things about writing independently on the internet is that you don’t have to do it.
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Silicon Valley is finally willing to counter speech with speech
Suing and blocking can only go so far.
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How to Survive The Prestige Recession
This month, Pitchfork announced that it was laying off most of its staff and folding into GQ.
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What Mars can Give Earth
And how a DAO can help
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