Sarah Drinkwater
@sarahdrinkwater
Knowledge beachcomber interested in the ownership economy, flourishing communities, ecosystem building, magic, and knowledge as an end to itself.
Sarah Drinkwater
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.
by Ann Brody
Crypto and Worldbuilding
- Open source projects, the infrastructure of digital public goods, have long relied on unsustainable funding sources like Github Sponsors, Open Collective, or Buy Me A Coffee. Besides the very few that have reached commercial success by transforming into enterprise SaaS, the vast majority of projects failed to find adequate funding.
from [FKPXLS] The New Frontier of Belonging by Tina He
- The core problem is not that open source projects are not sharing the money received. The problem is that, in total numbers, open source is not getting enough money. $2.5 million is not enough. To put this number into perspective, startups get typically much more than that.
from Software below the poverty line by André Staltz
In good hands There is a feeling I search for: being in good hands. It is the feeling I look to give and the feeling I look to receive. I know I am in good hands when I sense a cohesive point of view expressed with attention to detail. I can feel it almost instantly. In any medium. Music, film, fashion, architecture, writing, software. At a Japa... See moreThe Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
This document explores the history and culture of computer hackers and the impact of open-source software on the industry, with a focus on the book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond.
ANTISTATIC: Untitled presentation
Worldbuilding and Building in Public
One of my favourite living documents on the internet - a living slide deck I check every few months that never ceases to be full of surprising and weird connections- There’s a lot of mis-information being shared about VC performance and how it translates into LP returns. There’s also a lack of understanding about how the VC ecosystem broke the LP ecosystem over the past few years and why this matters A LOT. Here’s what’s going on:🧵👇
📢NEW PAPER! Where @davidthewid, @sarahbmyers & I unpack what Open Source AI even is. We find that the terms ‘open’ & ‘open source’ are often more marketing than technical descriptor, and that even the most 'open' systems don't alone democratize AI 1/ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4543807... See more- 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 morefrom My 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating Character by Ted Gioia
- Forget what they say—instead look at who they marry.
This is a sure-fire technique, and it tells you important things about people you can’t learn any other way. 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
... See morefrom My 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating Character by Ted Gioia
