“the pointlessness is prevalent in builder culture in crypto. people rank novelty higher than usefulness because attention (and then ultimately, token) is the end product. the fallacy lies in the assumption that it is harder to excite and attract attention with usefulness than it is with the promise of a new way of doing something, or through speculation and noise. this strategy seemingly gains and maintains attention from users, developers, investors, retail, until launch.”

“the pointlessness is prevalent in builder culture in crypto. people rank novelty higher than usefulness because attention (and then ultimately, token) is the end product. the fallacy lies in the assumption that it is harder to excite and attract attention with usefulness than it is with the promise of a new way of doing something, or through speculation and noise. this strategy seemingly gains and maintains attention from users, developers, investors, retail, until launch.”

https://eshitanandini.substack.com/p/running-fast-nowhere