The mimetic contagion continues to pollute the world, sadly. Case in point

Urbit is in the midst of its fifth (!) coup. At least I think it's the fifth. I can't keep count. As @curtis_yarvin said recently, these are real Roman times for Urbit. And there are lessons here for every other DAO and open source project, including NEAR and House of Stake.

We can turn this fertility crisis around. It's rooted in a mimetic contagion, it can be reversed by a mimetic cure. Parenthood is the highest purpose most people will ever discover.

This is a really big deal! Sybil resistance isn't only a problem in Web3. It's a hard problem that needs more innovative approaches. WorldID, BrightID, etc. are cool and are worth trying, but the simplicity of Self cannot be beat. I'm excited to integrate it at @NEARGovernance!

The intersection of the AI economy and stable coins is a huge deal. Crypto is definitionally the natural payment and transaction rails for AI agents, this much is obvious. Give agents native access to stable coins and the sky's the limit. We're creating a parallel AI economy!

Everything you desire is downstream of better UX. When crypto wins, it'll be because of the better UX delivered by intents. On @NEARProtocol.

The Sagrada Família is the closest thing to a perfect design in the real world. I spent some time there last week, and felt incredibly inspired to channel a little bit of Gaudí's genius in my own work. This week I wrote about three ways I felt inspired.

If AI does nothing more than saving me from having to ever having to open LinkedIn again, it will be worth its weight in gold 🥰

Meeting Izzy last week in Cannes was an absolute pleasure, and our conversation was one of the highlights of my week. If you're not already familiar with her work, check it out and subscribe - she's doing an incredible job telling a very important, global human story at the intersection of governance and technology including AI. I appreciate that she's been making an effort to travel, to meet builders where they're at, and to tell the full story, even when it's complex and nuanced. We need more journalism and more writing like hers!

Centralized AI is great for many things. I use it for these things, and I do so happily. But there are things it can't and shouldn't do. For one thing, you shouldn't share your deepest, darkest secrets with it. And it doesn't interop well. For these things, there's NEAR AI.