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3mo

a16z’s “New Media” is designed to manufacture consent for whatever idea will make them money. “American Dynamism” isn’t about what Americans want, it’s about whatever clears the fastest path to liquidity – gambling, genocide... anything that moves capital faster. their media strategy and investment thesis are all about...

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Why do we *need* AI? What version of the future is both highly desirable and requires us to continue to invest in and expand usage of AI?

I know they say time moves faster as you get older but this year in particular feels like it’s moving terrifyingly quickly

For decades, the West has been so afraid of the word “should” that we’re now stuck with political, technological, and cultural slop without the language or collective ability to fight back

Sports gambling is one of the most clear-cut bad things we’ve normalized as a society and prediction markets will prove to be even worse

Attention is all you need. TGE? Seek attention. Whether you’re right or wrong: attention.

higher

HZ001: HIGHER TOGETHER MISSION: CREATE A VIDEO REWARDS: 300,000 $HIGHER SUMMARY: Create a video, share it, tag @higherzip.eth, split 300,000 $HIGHER THEME: Higher Together VIDEO REQUIREMENTS: 11+ seconds FORMAT: 16:9 [Horizontal] MEDIA: iPhone video, sketch animation, midjourney, blender… anything that moves DEADLI

LMAOOOO WHAT

Last month, Rainbow approached Clanker about a potential acquisition. After some discussions, we decided that it wasn’t the right fit and let them know last Thursday. On Friday, Rainbow reached back out threatening to publish a public letter if we didn’t respond. After we told them (again) that we wouldn't be going

native

Started running half-day "Narrative Expansion" workshops with founding teams, focused on working through: - What is your story *today*? - Where are you headed? - What does the world look like if you win? Lots of directions we can take it. Once we wrap up, I synthesize my thoughts re: narrative direction and give the ...

If you had to create a prestigious + socially beneficial public service program (e.g. Teach for America), what would it be and why?

Good reminders to myself from this week: learn, write, share. Engage in good-faith conversation and debate. Don’t engage with trolls. Take that energy and spend it on doing the work.

Headed to Athens for a day! Very excited. Anything I definitely have to see?

I grew up in a small, low-income town in Ohio with the name Jihad, and still, the most bigotry I’ve experienced re: being Muslim wasn’t there. It’s been from educated, otherwise worldly people that work in tech.