i think we all need to go into heads down work mode right now and push as hard as we can to make decentralized social media work. the opportunity is passing. stop thinking about social scores, power badges, engagement metrics. by dwelling on these superficial data points we miss the forest for the trees
  
i am here to contribute as much as i can to create the "free and open society and economy" that vitalik speaks about in Make Ethereum Cypherpunk Again. i am here to build opportunity for creators to have control over their work. i am here to ensure that future artists have options

at /permissionless there were two sessions that focused on the spirit of proliferating decentralization. The first was Chris Dixon author of Read, Write, Own during "Building The Future of The Internet". The second was Bryan Pellegrino founder of Layer Zero with "The Principles that Matter". the rest of the conference (generally speaking) was focused on growth, politics and investment