Tribes, Institutions, Markets, Networks (more)

John Robb on Tribalism and how it fits into David Ronfeldt's TIMN framework (Tribes, Institutions, Markets, Networks). Each time a new form arises, it generates a set of dynamics - and it's the same set of dynamics each time. No society can escape the TIMN progression or these dynamics.

Tim Berners-Lee projects like Solid generally turn me off because they seem to fight against Worse is Better and not provide a simple/fast path to getting benefits. But... (more)

Bruce Sterling story - 2011-04-30-SterlingManekiNeko

Bruce Sterling's Maneki Neko story (from 1998?!?) reminds me of Halting State (the SPOOKS ARG bits) and Daemon. The really big network databases, with their armies of search engines, indexers, and catalogues, had some very arcane interests. The net machines would never pay for data, because the global information networks were noncommercial. But the net machines were very polite, and had excellent net etiquette. They returned a favor for a favor, and since they were machines with excellent, enormous memories, they never forgot a good deed... He had first met his wife at a video store. She had just used her credit card to buy a disk of primitive black-and-white American anime of the 1950s. The pokkecon had urged him to go up and speak to her on the subject of Felix the Cat. Felix was an early television cartoon star and one of Tsuyoshi’s personal favorites. Tsuyoshi would have been too shy to approach an attractive woman on his own, but no one was a stranger to the net... Tsuyoshi offered a hand gesture. The woman gestured back, a jerky series of cryptic finger movements. Tsuyoshi didn’t recognize any of the Gesture-s. She wasn’t from his part of the network. (Tribe, Network Economy, Real World Game)

The Alexander Technique, named after its creator Frederick Matthias Alexander, is a popular type of alternative therapy based on the idea that poor posture gives rise to a range of health problems... Proponents and teachers of the Alexander Technique believe the technique can address a variety of health conditions, but there is a lack of research to support the claims.[5][6] As of 2015 there was evidence suggesting the Alexander Technique may be helpful for long-term back pain, long-term neck pain, and could help people cope with Parkinson's disease.[6] Both the American health insurance company Aetna, and the Australian Department of Health have conducted reviews and concluded that there is insufficient evidence for health claims to warrant insurance coverage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Technique (more)

Mission: to help High School athletes find, and get into, their best-fit College program. Renamed Next College Student Athlete in 2016. (more)

Whole brain emulation (WBE) or mind uploading (sometimes called "mind copying" or "mind transfer") is the hypothetical process of scanning mental state (including long-term memory and "self") of a particular brain substrate and copying it to a computational device, such as a digital, analog, quantum-based or software-based artificial neural network. The computational device could then run a Simulation model of the brain information processing, such that it responds in essentially the same way as the original brain (i.e., indistinguishable from the brain for all relevant purposes) and experiences having a conscious mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading (more)

Organization Legos: The State of DAO Tooling. DAO Operations is a budding crypto vertical that remains underserved. (more)

Charlie Warzel: What If People Don’t Want 'A Career?' In all of my reporting on the future of work, one of the most interesting and potentially profound trends is the growing skepticism around ‘careers.’ (more)

The Eightfold Path to DAOism. Throughout this DAO boom, there has been little clarity on what these new organizations really are. (more)

Paul Ford: Crypto Isn’t About Money. It’s About Fandom. Thanks to NFTs, half of my friends now hate the other half (more)

Eurogamer Closes Its Forums And Moves Its Readers To Discord. Discord is great for talking in the moment. (more)

Nathan Baschez: Overcoming Web3 Bias. Some days I feel like the holy trinity of NFTs, DAOs, and DeFi might replace the very foundation that society rests on. Other days it feels like 90% vaporware and Ponzi schemes that collectively emit more CO2 than a medium-sized country. The challenge, as I see it, is to hold both of these ideas at once. (more)

was at Greylock Partners https://kwokchain.com/ (more)

engineering mgr, blogger (zettelkasten style)

Mike Crittenden on Skill stacking. Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, wrote about how to reach the top: If you want to be extraordinary, you have two paths: (more)

With sales momentum, Bookshop.org looks to future in its fight with Amazon. With book sales booming during the COVID-19 lockdowns last year, the humble written word has suddenly drawn the limelight from VCs and founders. We’ve seen a whole cavalcade of new products and fundings, including algorithmic recommendation engine BingeBooks, book club startups like Literati and the aptly named BookClub, as well as streaming service Litnerd. There have also been exits and potential exits for Glose, LitCharts and Epic. (more)

Zvi Mowshowitz: Covid-19 9/09: Passing the Peak. Labor day muddies the data a bit, but it seems that Alex Tabarrok was correct and the current wave has peaked (more)

movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189584/?ref_=tt_ch (more)