Sarah Drinkwater
@sarahdrinkwater
Knowledge beachcomber interested in the ownership economy, flourishing communities, ecosystem building, magic, and knowledge as an end to itself.
Sarah Drinkwater
At events like last week’s PactDAO panel, there is a noticeably differentiated and nuanced conversation happening. Between the polarized cheerleading from crypto maximalists and the straw-manning from leftist tech skeptics, there is a cautious yet optimistic embrace of crypto as a frontier for constructive experiments, with plenty of design space... See more
Dirt • Dirt: Solid(ar)ity
The Hype Cycle Giveth, And Taketh Away: Ushering in a New Business Model for Pre-Seed Funds to Survive & Thrive In The New Normal
Sydney Thomasfirmbuildingchronicles.substack.com
We Raised A Bunch Of Money
fly.io
NoNoise Ventures
nonoise.vcMurmurations in software!
The Optimism Collective is a large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance, built to drive rapid and sustainable growth of a decentralized ecosystem, and stewarded by the newly formed Optimism Foundation.
Introducing the Optimism Collective
Most startups don’t die because someone is actively trying to kill them, but simply because the founders stop trying to keep them alive.
Gena Gorlin • Death is the default
ritual and Humane Tech
Rituals are how we make meaning, personally and together.
In games studies, these worlds-within-a-world are called magic circles. A magic circle is the space where the game takes place.
We need ritual technology. Technology designed for ritual use.
Why? Most of the software we use daily is designed to engagement-max. Social media feeds, loot boxes, compulsion loops, gang gang yes yes yes ice cream so good. You’re caught in a feedback loop with the algorithm, and you are the squishiest part of that loop.
Where social media is compulsive, tools for thought are reflective. Where social media is here and now, tools for thought dwell in the long now. Tools for thought slowly build compounding momentum through low, slow feedback loops that point us in the directions we want to develop.
Forget what they say—instead look at who they marry.
A person’s choice of a spouse—or if they aren’t married, their closest lifelong partner—is much more revealing than anything they say or do in public. This choice tells you about their own innermost longings, expectations, and needs. It tells you what they think of themselves, and what they think
... See moretedgioia.substack.com • My 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating Character
Ideologies and Imaginaries in Blockchain Communities: The Case of Ethereum
The article examines the ideologies and imaginaries surrounding Ethereum, the second most popular blockchain technology, and its relationship with its technical design.
annbrody.comCrypto and Worldbuilding