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There are still issues that need to be addressed related to using blockchain, as the technical infrastructure for coops in regards to establishing identity to facilitate the cooperative mantra of “one member, one vote” or disincentivizing bad actors with large amounts of capital to purchase governance rights in what is meant to be a coop on the cry... See more

By 2009, MySpace was still the biggest website in terms of traffic, but Facebook was growing fast by this point, and according to Percival the atmosphere was defeatist when he joined the company.

Yet, despite this new source of e-commerce demand, restaurants have struggled to keep up. The dominant reason is that restaurant demand is inherently “peaky.” It’s even more peaky now that delivery and pick up are turning restaurants into omni-channel retailers. Restaurants have fixed labor costs that do not scale up or down with volatile demand th... See more

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man ... It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge.

— Rod Serling

Unexpected community. Discovering a community containing known content not expected to be interrelated.

Through this lens, our transition to the metaverse becomes a cultural shift as a consequence of technology and connectedness, rather than the result of some specific technological innovation that then begets a cultural shift.

This point rings true to us. That’s why, as we face growing pressure to censor content published on Substack that to some seems dubious or objectionable, our answer remains the same: we make decisions based on principles not PR, we will defend free expression, and we will stick to our hands-off approach to content moderation. While we have content ... See more