memes The Remixability of Hashtags, #_____LivesMatter, and #FutureLivesMatter Disclaimer: I know this article touches on some possibly triggering topics (identity-based memes). I'm primarily trying to explore it from a meta/positivist POV, rather than a normative POV. I'm always open for
language Different Types of Community at the MIT Media Lab I'm part of a "community" working group at the MIT Media Lab. We're trying to re-imagine how academic institutions should interact with "community". However, because "community" can mean any n:n relationship, it
book review Book Review: "Just Giving" by Rob Reich, A Political Theory of Philanthropy I'm interviewing Rob Reich on my podcast soon. As preparation for that interview, I wanted to review his most recent book, Just Giving, which I loved (I highlighted 15% of the book, compared
self-tax How Different Religions Sustain Themselves Through Self-Taxing Institutions are complex systems that all have a central goal: to sustain themselves. “Continued existence” is the only must-have goal of any complex system. This implies an interesting exercise—for any type of
movements Crypto is Networked Nonviolent Protest “Technology rarely generates absolutely novel human behavior; rather, it changes the terrain on which such behavior takes place.”— Zeynep TufekciThe goal of this article is to explain how the internet (networked information) enabled
book review “The Sovereign Individual” Book Review: Takeaways, Quotes, and Critique “The transition from one stage of economic life to another has always involved a revolution. We think that the Information Revolution is likely to be the most far reaching of all. It will
memes What Actually Is #ETHCommons? An Overview of Memes as an “Institutional Vehicle” + An ETH Ecosystem Analysis The goal of this article is to further define #ETHCommons, show how the Ethereum ecosystem is expressing the meme, and explain future plans. In summary: the #ETHCommons mindset has spread widely in the
