Scarcity is a form of framing a product.
Example: At the Apple store, there’s only one of each product on display. All other inventory is in the back. This creates a sense of scarcity and increases the value of the product.
We therefore owe it to ourselves to try to reconcile the inside and outside views. Because let's not flatter ourselves: we believe crazy things too. We just have a hard time seeing them as crazy.
I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water.
The most existential question in crypto: what will be the relationship between tokens and communities?
At stake: can DAOs bring virtue back to scaled organization? Or will they accelerate the economics-only mentalities that have been corroding society?
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