Belonging. The token makes me part of a group of 666 founding members that assigned the same value to the project / were willing to pay the same amount for getting involved.
The US kept interest rates at near zero from 2009 to 2022. This encouraged business models that promised world-changing outcomes, even if they were completely unrealistic and/or hostile to the public interest (eg the gig economy, self-driving cars, crypto, metaverse, AI). This came at a time of no regulation of tech and an accepted culture in... See more
Any study of worldbuilding would be remiss without mention of Biosphere 2, the experimental facility constructed in Arizona for studying the feasibility of life in a manmade ecosystem. In 1994, Abigail Alling and Mark Van Thillo broke into the complex – or rather, attempted a break-out, and in the process brought the years-long experiment to an... See more
We risk offloading the exploration, experiments, failures and lessons learnt...and this is where we become ourselves! I think its not only about how AI is adopted - its about treating (and funding!) the cultivation of human skills like creativity and curiosity with the same level of importance.