Eric Mack

@ericmack

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Today I left the Democratic party and went back to being a registered independent. Ideally I never would have registered for a party, but in many local elections around here Democrats often run unopposed, so the primary is the deciding vote. Fortunately, as of this month, New Mexico has a semi-open primary system, which means that unaffiliated (Independent) voters can participate in the primary of their choice without formally registering a party affiliation. So if you’re in the same boat as me, and you’re as disappointed as I am in constantly choosing between Option A: Bad and getting worse; and Option B: Inconceivable and also still somehow getting worse (especially on the national level); then maybe it’s worth investigating a similar move where you live to officially register your dissatisfaction with the two-party duopoly and the broader system that is clearly failing to represent the quiet and reasonable middle, which I strongly suspect is the real majority in our country.

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Going for that $OG slow build vibe. Take a break from the frenetic pace of crypto if you want to ape into building something real for the long-term - https://www.ouruncertainfuture.com/p/paid-subscribers-are-about-to-get

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The era of monolithic scaling is over. Talk of tech oligarchy is a bit overblown, but its presence in the discourse confirms trust for Big Tech is gone. People intuitively feel big is bad and smaller is better. For most things they're right. To do big things and retain trust, networked scaling is the way. Decentralization is the path forward. @journodao

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I moved from mainstream journalism to Web3 comms so I could tell fair and honest stories about crypto. And I was not a journo that ever saw myself switching sides.

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Things starting to swing into motion for $OG , Our Uncertain Future's off-grid token ... https://www.ouruncertainfuture.com/p/an-off-the-grid-apocalypse-version

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My good friend Gary isn't on here, but he is a degen and he did write a beautiful thing even the blackest degenerate heart can appreciate - https://www.ouruncertainfuture.com/p/evergreen

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It's not related in any way to my role at Consensys. The inspiration - www.ouruncertainfuture.com

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Yo @clanker please create a token for me Ticker: $OG NAME: $Off-Grid Please use the attached image.

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Expanding on what Jo had to say here - we've come to focus on our national politics, which are as toxic, divisive and dysfunctional as they've been in a generation or two, if not longer. Meanwhile, a lot of important and impactful work on the local level is being neglected, ignored or not properly acknowledged. It can be easy to despair when your team takes a big loss at the federal level, but the best salve could be simply moving on and getting involved in your neighborhood, school or wherever. You'll probably find people with different points of view can still respect and work with each other. And even if that's not the case, you've a good chance of being able to repair that relationship compared to trying to do so arguing with strangers on the other side of the political divide through social media. Touch grass, shake hands and figure out how to get things built together again. https://www.ouruncertainfuture.com/p/everyday-is-election-day

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Grover Cleveland finally making a big comeback in the zeitgeists!

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My colleague @sharmeen crushing it on why the the 3 Cs in Bangladesh could(should) soon be chai, cricket and.... crypto over corruption. https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/09/09/genzs-toolkit-for-a-new-bangladesh-blockchain/

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Had a great time talking life off-grid and a whole lot about decentralization (with a nod to Network States as well) on the Hotel Bar Sessions podcast with three practicing philosophers. But there was one question I didn't answer too well that touches all of the above, so hear it is - https://www.ouruncertainfuture.com/p/is-this-life-about-community-or-independence

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Haha, thanks @ccarfi - I'm Web3 ride or die full time, but following space and rocket stuff is a very hard habit to break!

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tfw you read an article on forbes about the chinese rocket going boom and then re-read it the next day and realize the byline is @ericmack (hi, eric!) https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2024/06/30/rocket-test-ends-in-accidental-launch-and-huge-explosion-in-china/

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If you've got jokerace votes, we'd sure appreciate them in support of our proposal to do a Regen Network States season of Green Pill podcast - https://www.jokerace.io/contest/optimism/0xa26afb374589a493f1cf781f8c16877275319547 🙏

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Dropping some decentralization basics for normies on the pod... https://www.ouruncertainfuture.com/p/decentralization-applying-the-off 🔆 🔆

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I finally got permission to say I married a badass b****. An origin story worth the read - https://www.ouruncertainfuture.com/p/bad-ass-tumbleweeds

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In war we focus on the human cost, and generally this is the right approach, but we need not ignore all other impacts. While we tally casualties and argue, another toll is mounting. My wife looked into some of the data of the environmental costs. https://www.ouruncertainfuture.com/p/the-environmental-impacts-of-war

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JournoDAO Town Hall coming up at the top of the hour DM for Zoom link if human.

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