The first takeaway here is DAOs are a mechanism for organizing a group of individuals for a particular purpose. That purpose may be commercial, civic, social, philanthropic, or other.
We're incentivizing a lot more of social status than we are utility. And I think there is deep, deep utility with Twitter - it's the fastest most influential way to get your thoughts to the world. There's nothing faster.
Every time you respond to a distraction — a new email in your inbox, a notification on your phone, a red badge on an app — you are training your mind to value the new at the expense of the important.
Much like there are loose confederations of people in “creator” houses, the NFT publication could be a short-term collaboration or the start of a lasting brand — like Every.
Karat’s founders hope to do something similar with their card. Like Brex, Karat doesn’t require a personal guarantee. And like Brex, Karat hopes that it can turn its underserved market into a gold mine.
Unlike what we’re told, we are not all born (equally) beautiful — at least not in the classical, physical sense. And that’s okay. Let’s just stop pretending. Because as with many things, acceptance of the truth is the first step towards peace and productive change.