Nouns

One Noun, every day, forever.

nouns.wtf

i think this framing of nouns existing to support subcultures is very powerful

it provides a pretty strong WHY for nouns’ reason of existence that feels pretty authentic to what’s actually happening

there’s a lot of cultural activity in this world that doesn’t fit neatly into something that can be venture funded or charity funded

nouns aims to fill those gaps in a bottoms up fans led way

i also saw this mission resonate deeply with @krel personally as someone who’s rooted for niche subcultures his whole life which i felt was a good litmus test

(photo of him getting the noggles tattoo!)

what’s most important for nouns is that nouns MEANS something to its superfans. 

if it does and if it’s pushing the world along in that shared meaning then the  superfans will fund nouns and keep it going. that shared meaning more than the dao or any legal entity is what pushes nouns forward.

couldn’t agree more. the only thing i’d modulate is that Nouns as a charity is not an individual view of Nouns, but a vehicle to holistically align the incentives of builders, creatives, and financial contributors in facilitating the productive tension of subcultures and worldviews in Nouns

looking at existing charitable organizations like the Sundance Institute, Code.org, the Videogames and Esports Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation, (just to name a few,) it seems not only possible, but wise for Nouns to pursue charitable designation as a DUNA

accelerating agritech. empowering communities. ending hunger.
 https://cityfarmers.xyz

if we can continue to freely support our subcultures in the ways that we do now while being a public charity then by all means i’m not against it

had a long convo with wag along similar lines too