Sam Blumenthal

While synthetic media can amplify real people’s creativity at greater scale, it can also generate digitally-native creators. This was Trevor McFedries’ vision for Brud. McFedries was moved by how media can be a vehicle for social change: he points to research showing Will & Grace was largely responsible for public support of same-sex marriage.... See more

That’s 3 classes of mental models for NFTs, which I summarize as follows: 1. Signifier-value mental models 2. Agency-value mental models 3. Right-to-future-rights mental models Or in other words, the right to represent a thing, the right to do things with a thing, and the right to expect certain things in speculative environments. These mental... See more