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NounsDAO, has in less than two months amassed a community-controlled treasury worth $20M, growing by roughly $500K a day. (My third thought: What!?? I am ngmi 😭)

I feel really bad for somebody who is a morning person, is extremely 9-5, wants a routine, doesn't like computers, wants to come into the office every day and high-five somebody—essentially the kind of person that the 1950s was built around. Nothing against that person ... That morning person-type mentality is just the opposite of the way the world... See more

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.

So on the one hand companies love afforestation as a carbon offset mechanism because it’s good for branding (everyone loves trees) and easy to pay for, but on the other hand, the results of such programs are very controversial.

The explosion of paperwork, in turn, is a direct result of the introduction of corporate management techniques, which are always justified as ways of increasing efficiency, by introducing competition at every level. What these management techniques invariably end up meaning in practice is that everyone winds up spending most of their time trying to... See more

In general, will Substack replicate the patterns of marginalization found across the media industry, or will it help people locked out of the dominant media sphere to flourish? To a large extent, the answer depends on whether or not Substack’s founders believe they’re in the publishing business. When we spoke, they were adamant that Substack is a p... See more