The more interesting opportunity lies with “community owned games” – where enterprise value is not monopolized by equity holders of a studio but funneled entirely to holders of the community token. It will be very difficult for existing game studios to morph into community-owned ones – for the same reason that Epic can’t just dissolve and “convert”... See more
We can already make plastic from plants and by then we’ll be much better at doing that. Most oil is used for fuel — just 4–8% goes towards making plastics anyway
Amish process to adopt new technologies: Few early adopters will use and test the technology. The rest of the community observes the effects on the early adopters
“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”
“[Twitch] solves the original sin of the internet, which is having an advertising-based system…We decided to go with banner ads over paying each other online” – Andrew Chen
But in the age of ✨ networked computing ✨, this individual model of privacy just doesn’t scale anymore. There are too many exponentially intersecting relationships for any of us to keep in our head. It’s no longer just about what we tell a friend or the tax collector or even a journalist. It’s the digital footprint that we often unknowingly leave i... See more
How are people reacting to token model? There is everything - speculators, people who care about governance, but interestingly the vast majority of people aren't earning tokens as part of their primary income so the tokens are "icing" which is why many just accumulate.