Jerod Morris

Ethereum dominates the web3 conversation, but there are plenty of other blockchains now too.

• Space pilots, tour guides, and architects

The cornerstone of a Weird Internet Career is that you a) make a thing on the internet that people value and b) provide a way to convert that value into money. (If you have the first but not the second, it’s not a career, at least not yet. If you have the second but not the first, well, you probably don’t have much in the way of career yet either.)

2) web3 is much, much better for creators than web2

• Body Part Maker

Their findings ... reveal striking commonalities among the perpetrators of mass shootings and suggest a data-backed, mental health-based approach could identify and address the next mass shooter before he pulls the trigger — if only politicians are willing to actually engage in finding and funding targeted solutions. 

3) Crypto is having a real-world impact

And too much of a focus on our intuitions about social media’s echo-chamber effect could obscure the relevant counterfactual: a conservative might abandon Twitter only to watch more Fox News.