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who are the most independent thinkers on farcaster? or outside of farcaster that you'd want to see here? feeling a little jaded by bag bias-driven commentary and short-cycle meta trends and would love to see more fresh takes in my feed extra points for those who are well-researched or well-read

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major shoutout to @humpty.eth for pulling together the first ever onchain creator house during FarCon!! heard from Farcasters that it was a highlight for them — unique opportunity to connect directly with the platforms they use and talk to others experimenting with onchain content. excited to see more of this 🫡

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new study (disclaimer: not peer reviewed) found that chatbot use was associated with *greater* loneliness and reduced social interaction. don't think it's crazy that people will start paying for friends vs. paying for AI services to address this. sounds dystopian but if you consider how it's already happening then you realize it's surprisingly not. for example, in LA and NYC: - social clubs like SoHo House or Zero Bond; you have to pay - luxury wellness spaces like Hume or Othership; you have to pay - cool coworking spaces like Neuehouse or Malin; you have to pay - group activity apps like 222 or TimeLeft; you have to pay link to study: https://arxiv.org/html/2503.17473v1

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these are all headlines from the last two months. millennials rebelled against religion and now gen z is rebelling against the nihilism that the millennial rebellion left behind.

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https://www.paperview.media/?view=2064&ref=0x2F95262537708eD33417357f7290BF1eBe1425eD

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first time cooking mussels at home

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flowers from the venice farmers market https://rodeo.club/post/0xbA3B06d91Cf0CDc15209464ea43bd35Eaec97e05/117086

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if you could make a top* brand around any accoutrement / condiment, what would you choose and why? mine is butter probably *would be top 5 brand in food and bev

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thought provoking, as always @nikitabier https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1921278141122887970?s=46&t=rxAVkMPnT_8alZYrwLqp6g

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the small things in life are often the best things

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fwiw @nick introduced the walk and talk to farcaster 27 videos ago

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first, every man made a blog then, every man made twitter threads next, every man made a podcast and now, every man will make a walk and talk video

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don’t eat chips next to me in a silent room iykyk

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crypto underestimates the cognitive overload and monetization fatigue that comes with turning everything into a coin or a market the more financial decisions a user must actively make -> the higher the cognitive burden -> the lower the engagement, satisfaction, and trust this is well researched across digital apps

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hard truths: 1. crypto isn’t growing, in fact it’s more cringe than ever because of the new admin embracing it / $trump 2. it’s not realistic to generate a full-time sustainable income on farcaster, $degen and $higher were anomaly wealth events 3. majority of the world doesn’t think in terms of markets 24/7

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okay fine i'll admit it i miss working next to @woj.eth all day while he's /europoooooor-ing for a little bit

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if you spend any amount of time playing around with consumer apps, you will recognize there are endless pseudocurrencies used to drive engagement and retention: coins in Duolingo, Reddit karma, TikTok gifts, robux in Roblox, gold bars in Candy Crush, bits in Twitch, stars on IG, etc. almost all of these can be bought with fiat. a few of these let you cash out as a user (e.g. creators can redeem tiktok gifts for or cash out robux via devex). and none of them natively allow peer-to-peer trading of their pseudocurrencies. and people love them and buy and spend them daily. 🤔

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consumer apps that i think would do well as mini apps that aren't anchored in onchain transactions: - NYT connections: daily ritual game - locket, yope: share photos with a select group of friends - lines of zen: interactive meditation app - ren: AI-generated updates on your friends to remind you to reach out

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interesting thread on the viral "Ivy League students use ChatGPT and can't read" article. here's the TLDR of the argument: the education system doesn't align with learning for real-world goals, so students use AI for seemingly irrelevant assignments or tasks they don't find engaging or practical, but NOT for subjects they value my initial reactions: a) part of life is doing things you don't want to do or don't find interesting b) how are students using AI so nonchalantly? all of my papers / problem sets were evaluated for plagiarism and AI c) the most valuable things i learned in college are non-academic real-world skills (independence, critical thinking, resilience, navigating systems) that ChatGPT can't teach in real-time d) didn't the DOE just release guidelines encouraging AI integration in classrooms? teaching students how to use AI as a force multiplier is better than penalizing them imo https://x.com/meatballtimes/status/1920189576921894960

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