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“It’s different to the concept of media merely being controversial or a good topic for discussion, but that media can encapsulate a feeling better than we can speak it.”

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The Social App Thesis - an attempt to argue that every app will *win* by operating as a social app. https://davidphelps.substack.com/p/the-social-app-thesis?utm_source=substack&publication_id=314162&post_id=145730475&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=l1m1r&triedRedirect=true

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Folklore is Summoned. Become a curator of digital anthropology, and a sponsor of onchain and online cult research. Get your membership, join our token-gated Warpcast group chat, and help build a perpetual-media-machine. https://folkloreinstitute.netlify.app/

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“When uncreased white sneakers question polished penny loafers, begging ‘What’s Taste?’, the real question asked is, ‘What’s Good?’” https://open.substack.com/pub/taste101/p/a-history-of-taste-taste-and-morality?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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“Real thinking is to an AI like waves are to a lattidue line.” https://rushkoff.medium.com/the-model-isnt-the-territory-either-bda3eddaa697

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The mechanism not only calculated interlocking variables, it provided an orientation of thought in relation to the astronomic predicament of its users. Using the ⚙️ enabled its user to think + act in relation to what was revealed through the mechanism’s perspective. https://antikythera.org/planetary-computation

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I’ve read several books worthy of circling back to, but very few books that I’ve wanted to reread immediately after finishing the last word. Tyson has a Gonzo-type presence and I thoroughly enjoyed adventuring thru the circles of hell with him (or did I?).

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Crypto enabled micro contexts Potentially the most interesting — as yet — untouched design space this year Warpcast and Supercast are established contexts Every frame and where it meets the user is a context Every new app built on FIDs is a context Every 1:1 interaction between FIDs is a context So much to do

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"This is a book about how to survive on the internet. It’s about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new social world emerging around us. This is the Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet." https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfc

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@carlos I believe NFTs have introduced some novel motivational dynamics around collecting, but I curated this piece to /folklore not too long ago, which is connected. https://www.artbasel.com/stories/survey-global-collectors-art-basel-professor-andrew-dillon-university-of-texas

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"Imagine for a moment that Google Search is seized by a benevolent government. Under its new management, it has no profit motives. Its only directive is to help people find what they are looking for." https://open.substack.com/pub/escapethealgorithm/p/folk-search-engines?r=2o49nr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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Look forward to seeing it. Wish I was there! To quote Confessions by 8Ball and MJG “The picture might change but the frame stays the same”

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Write a 2000 word essay for folklore $1500 USDC covering topics related to the digital humanities. Send sample writing to me via DM, looking for professional writers and researchers. Specific topic up to you. Simply send sample and proposed abstract for consideration as a reply to this cast @bountybot

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The polyvalent cipher that is survivance https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/survivance/393916/building-the-ark/

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The visuals are sick, @jrf

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Folklore is Summoned.

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mint = checkpoint 🎮

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Ephemeral apps are new media.

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