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- The world of cryptocurrency is very economic (lots of tokens flying around everywhere, with lots of functions being assigned to those tokens), very neo (the space is 12 years old!) and very liberal (freedom and voluntary participation are core to the whole thing). Do these critiques also apply to blockchain systems? If so, what conclusions should w... See more
from On Nathan Schneider on the limits of cryptoeconomics by Vitalik Buterin
- (5) A niche HackerNews generator
from Products I'd Pay For, 2020 Edition – Dominic Monn by Dominic Monn
- What’s a messaging experience that’s even more engaging than WhatsApp? An obvious improvement would be speed. WhatsApp is pretty responsive, but maybe you can make it even faster. What else?
from Reimagining Messaging by Daniel Gross
- Other stories which are starting to breakdown revolve around broader societal assumptions. “All technology is good, and the more technology we develop, the more our society advances” or “bottled water is better for you”. These widely accepted stories don’t make sense anymore when you take into account the mountains of electronic waste in Ghana, or ... See more
from New Deep Narratives: We Need New Stories of What It Means to Be Human by Phoebe Tickell
- Any product where you’re spending a lot of time using it in incognito has a pretty big UX problem
from Why the New York Times Should be Tokenized by Joey DeBruin
- Strengthens the value proposition of Shopify: This makes the value proposition of Shopify even more compelling for merchants getting started or considering switching platforms they use to power their eCommerce operations since it means that Shopify now also helps with distribution more efficient marketing and customer acquisition, as opposed to pur... See more
from Shopify Audiences by Tanay Jaipuria
- I know this is controversial talk and antithetical to the success mantras of the metric obsessed, performative, materialistic, linear, Key Performance Indicator driven world we live in, but someone needs to play the role of the annoying child who questions lazily adhered to and potentially harmful conventions, if only to stress-test them. I mean, w... See more
from On New Year's Resolutions by Thomas J Bevan
- Here’s another example: eBooks have never caught up with paper books despite being more convenient.
from Signaling as a Service by Julian Lehr
- - Vitalik Buterin
from Crypto Theses for 2022 by Ryan Selkis