Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
One of these technologies is blockchain. What’s interesting about blockchain is not cryptocurrency. That’s noise, ripples on the surface of the human economy. To be quite honest, it’s not particularly interesting from a scientific point of view, and it’s not going to have a major effect on humanity.
W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
The Pseudonymous Economy
sari and • 16 cards
Every now and again, a few of these fragments will stick to each other and nucleate , crystallizing a substantial, synthetic analysis out of all of those bits and pieces I’ve salted into that solution of potential sources of inspiration.
Cory Doctorow • The Memex Method
Master of the Revels: A Return to Neal Stephenson's D.O.D.O.
With the blockchain, you can do all of that with the addition of a new option. You can record your activity in a permanent record that nobody else can alter or destroy. You can also control what that record reveals about you. Some, like me, use real-world names and easily identifiable details. Others--most, I think--use an anonymous identity. So, y... See more
Adam Davidson • Real world problems that web3 could solve--at least for me
epicureans...
Cixin Liu • The Wandering Earth
“It’s like, if you—people of a certain age—would make some effort to just stay in touch with sort of basic, modern-day events, then your kids wouldn’t have to take these drastic measures.”