Devin Baker

In the creator economy, the curatorial role has been replaced by algorithms, and this is a problem for several reasons. The algorithm cannot sense vibes. It doesn't understand culture. It cannot understand how a piece of creative work does or does not fit within a certain milieu. It cannot tell what is worth recommending and what is not without... See more

Self-sovereignty is no longer a fringe concept but rather a core principle for the majority of the world, albeit less so in the United States. Smart contracts are rapidly becoming the standard rather than a novel design meant for the corners of the internet.

The output matters, but the intention, the struggle, the care is what makes it count — what gives it weight.

Think about what AI as a medium favors. It favors the answerable over the ponderable, rewarding questions that have solutions, not questions that require sitting with mystery. It favors speed over depth, quick exchanges over slow contemplation. It favors production over reception. We become people who generate more, not people who receive fewer,... See more

Is sex inherently traumatic and dangerous? Of course not. But also... of course it is. So is any other foundational part of the human experience. Love, friendship and family all come with the potential, maybe even the guarantee, of some sense of loss and devastation. Nobody gets through life unscathed. Nobody should want to.

In PoW, this isn’t too complex. Miners directly receive all TEV, of which issaunce is a real non-cash expense to token holders, similar to stock-based compensation in traditional finance. Miners are incentivized to expend an amount of energy (and money) which is roughly equivalent to the TEV available.

Technologies like Ethernet, Internet Protocol, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, and Universal Serial Bus are among the key communication standards of our day. Of those, USB is the youngest at 28 years, while some of the others on that list are over 50 years old and still going strong. When a protocol wins out over competition in its adoption phase,... See more

Almost all of the language model discourse in recent days has imagined AI like French gardeners — or rather like viruses from outer space, inflicting themselves on society with no concern for what came before. It pretends we have no immune system to radical societal change.