Soul of Toby Shorin (toby)

NEW INSTITUTIONS SQUAD ENERGY NETWORKED SPIRITUALITY The definitive Other Internet book is finally here, documenting 6 years of research on the cultural economies of crypto. https://otherinternet.metalabel.com/other-internet-book?variantId=1 It collects nearly all our published essays, but there's much more: - 🆕 4 new mini essays from Toby, Sam, Laura, and Aaron about how OI evolved and worked behind the scenes, a beautiful introduction from the ever-wise @keikreutler, and an interview on the state of independent research with Nadia Asparouhova - 🤫 6 never-published rough-cut essays from our super secret internal learning processes - ⏳ 1 existential timeline, documenting the changing story of crypto over OI's existence Thank you for growing up with us. This book is for everyone who's been with us the whole way, for the day ones, for everyone who was ever in the squad, for our haters, and for the next generation of kids who play for keeps. The internet is over. Long live the other internet.

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crypto friends who experienced burnout: what methods / modalities / strategies have you found most effective to restore and recover?

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Interviewed by the boy Jackson about my research on new collectives, religions, and the body. It’s great to have an opportunity to reintroduce big themes in my work, especially for farcaster and crypto friends who mostly know my crypto writing!

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In the opening to this new essay I describe how there are some similarities to crypto's higher aspirations in the emerging field of social wellness, next-generation psychology, and belonging. Everyone wants to create new paradigms and institutions! https://careculture.tobyshorin.com/prototyping-social-forms-of-care/

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