Lillian Sheng
@lillian
Lillian Sheng
Most of the people who talk about user ownership of networks are focused on creating new city-states based on blockchain technology and egalitarian ideals, but comparatively little attention has been paid to reforming existing networks based on these same principles. I think this is a mistake.
every.to • Twitter as a City-State
DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
The state of music DAOs - Water & Music
What is the ACT Matrix? At a high level, the ACT Matrix is a tool to help us better understand where avoidance is coming from and how it’s driving our behavior.
every.to • How to Break the Anxiety-Fear-Avoidance Cycle - Superorganizers - Every
The above problems with social media in turn generate massive costs for platforms, in the form of gigantic moderation teams made of tens of thousands of people, severe damage to platforms’ brands, and openings for competition to find more efficient means for distributing content. And no platform has been better at exploiting the weaknesses of... See more
Michael Mignano • The End of Social Media - Every
In many societies, one’s professional fate is decided by the tribe, the family. However, one is increasingly thrown back into ‘How can I develop my own voice and niche from where I can operate’? Is there something like an individual signature? Perhaps not, but I do believe in skills, in small steps, working on various projects at the same time with... See more
Jess Henderson • Digital Lockdown with Geert Lovink —
What does Twitter think it is, and what is Twitter?
Packy McCormick • If We Ruled the Tweets
Amygdala - Like all brain regions, the amygdala does many things, but you’ll usually hear it associated with fear and negative emotion. When it comes to goal pursuit, the amygdala appears to act as an emotional calculator—predicting how rewarding or unpleasant the outcome of different goals and tasks might be.
every.to • The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals
Standards help teams save time and money by giving them a common language for how their products can interact with other products, eliminating the need to build each component within a market or re-define how systems communicate with each other.
Michael Mignano • The Standards Innovation Paradox
The ownership economy is big and growing DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations, are online communities owned and governed by their members. They can be thought of as the organizational building blocks that make up web3’s economic, social, and cultural landscape.