Reid DeRamus

@reidtandy

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"Can universities survive at all? I sure hope so because I believe short of the singularity, we absolutely need places that are dedicated to creating and sharing knowledge. But incremental changes won’t get the job done. Universities need to fundamentally reinvent themselves."

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Very cool experiment with curation & seeing where that goes...

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Stoked to see the return of Dark Star & Jarrod's writing:

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Sharing some excellent writing as part of the 40th Paragraph Picks, with a couple recaps and reflections from FarCon last week. Let us know which is your favorite!

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Fascinating presentation from @yb He also has an excellent post on the intersection of AI & crypto: https://terminallyonchain.xyz/deaisummer

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We're very excited for this event. @debbie, @amelie, and @phil have something special in mind for a little Paragraph corner, but we need your help: What are some of your favorite posts on Paragraph over the past year or so?? Please share with us! If you're in NYC next week, come see us at The Forever Library!

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Heading to FarCon next week with @colin. Would love to meet up if you’ll be in NYC!

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Lots of great writing in the 39th edition of Paragraph Picks. Check out the posts below & let us know which ones leave a mark! And as always, please share any great pieces of writing we missed.

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The best types of emails / notifications to get!

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For any writers in NYC next Thursday, this will be an awesome event. Check out more details and register below: https://lu.ma/wuimwbay

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Shout out to this week’s favorite farcasters! Thank you @bfg @sterlacci @danicaswanson @androidsixteen.eth @ifeoluwafavour @treegirl for being here :)

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A recurring question is whether speculation & other motivators can co-exist - in the same purchase, same product ux, etc. I think they can! One dumb example that came to mind: Phish posters, specifically Jim Pollock prints. Fans arrive early to shows to buy these prints & go through the annoying experience of being at a Phish show w/ a poster tube. Most people buying these prints do so out of fandom & show them off in their homes, offices, etc. BUT, some folks end up selling them, and there's a decent secondary market for these posters. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Jim%20Pollock%20Phish%20Poster IMO, financial gain is not a primary motivator for people buying these prints (there's much easier ways to make money!), but the opportunity for the price to appreciate may encourage more people to buy them and/or pay more for the prints, both of which grow revenue for these prints & expand the broader Phish economy.

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Very excited for Bedrock - check out the first post below & make sure to subscribe for future posts!

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Been thinking about what drives people to support creative work — not just for access, but to support, express themselves, or feel part of something. If we want onchain products to truly grow the economy around creative work, we need to move beyond speculation and tap into deeper motivations. Some thoughts on the search for something better below. Would love to hear your feedback! https://paragraph.com/@reidtandy/why-will-readers-buy-coins

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Big believer in this part: "The holy grail will be when users consume content not knowing wtf is happening in the back." e.g., We've been wondering if we could pull off a purchase flow for coins without showing any numbers. A lot of the numbers just serve as an index: How much support do I want to give? How popular is this post or writer, or how relevant is it to my interests? There may be ways to answer these without showing precise numbers. This type of flow may not work well for speculators, but hopefully it would be great for people who care about the writer or writing (which yes, maybe is a smaller market now, but IMO could be a much larger market opportunity than pure speculators / bots).

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Back with the 38th edition of Paragraph Picks, spotlighting some great writing over the past week or so. There's so much great writing on Paragraph these days — it's been awesome to experience the growing difficulty of choosing only six posts! Onto this week's picks ⤵️

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How can we help writers earn meaningful, reliable income? Open edition NFTs haven’t quite gotten us there, so we have to find a better solution. We wrote a couple posts on why we think coins may be a better model (part 1 below) — we'd love to hear what you think. https://paragraph.com/@reidtandy/rethinking-how-writers-get-paid

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A great way to keep track of your subscriptions without having to leave the FC feed:

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I love how honest @yb is about his writing journey. Earning a living writing on the internet is a massively difficult career path to choose: writing on the internet is a vulnerable act, and then asking people to pay your for it?? Incredibly uncomfortable and difficult. Deep admiration and respect for what Yash is doing — please check out his post and share your thoughts.

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Back w/ a new roundup of great writing over the past week or so in the 37th edition of Paragraph Picks — check them out & let us know which is your favorite!

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