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A social network like Path attempted to limit your social graph size to the Dunbar number, capping your social capital accumulation potential and capping the distribution of your posts. The exchange, they hoped, was some greater transparency, more genuine self-expression. The anti-Facebook. Unfortunately, as social capital theory might predict, Pat... See more
Eugene Wei • Status as a Service (StaaS) — Remains of the Day
How much connection or reputation does the potential contributor have in the DAO?
Ben Perez • Incentive Design & Tooling for DAOs
@patrick_oshag I think with so much data and algorithmic-everything, the value of hand curation will continue to increase. 1,000 movies the computer suggests are not as compelling as 1 movie from a person I trust.
I think there must be an analytical corollary to this, but I'm not yet sure what
Simon Sarrisx.comcomparing the data on billion-dollar companies with the random group, companies competing with other highly funded startups had a lower chance of success.
Ali Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
Network design comparison: Airbnb vs Crypto-Crypto networks experience a value plateau as new participants have less and less upside-Airbnb users and hosts gain more value when the network grows, regardless of when you joined
Aaron Levie • The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch: 20VC: Box's Aaron Levie on Why Founders Cannot Hedge Their Bets, The 2 Categories of Wrong Decision and How To Avoid Them & The Biggest Dangers of Being Over-Funded as a Startup
More typically, they are network-based, with the angel offering to connect the startup with resources, partners, investors, or acquirers that would otherwise fall outside the company's reach. In fact, the first thing that super angel Ron Conway does after making an investment is to give the new portfolio company a large binder containing the names
... See moreDavid S. Rose • Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups
Yet this definition of “public goods” has done more to justify self-serving activities for cryptocurrency insiders than the term suggests. We wanted to counter this empty definition and advocate for a more expansive view, informed by historical and social notions of the “public” and “good.”
Toby Shorin • Curating Value Exchange: Presentation + Q&A with Hito Steyerl
A lot of time online, as we know, is just being wasted ... The sheer number of hours when we really think about the millions or billions of hours that are used on social networks—I think it was a necessary step to get people online ... But I think one issue is that social networks were invented and scaled 10 years, 7 yearsish before cryptocurrency.... See more