greenpilled
greenpilled – how crypto can regenerate the world (2022) by kevin owocki adding page just after green pill ness and vitalik on zulalu ness and just before reading pathways to regen
via his free pdf download thru 143 pg kindle version
notes/quotes:
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vitalik buterin (page titled: trajedy of the commons):
such ‘public goods’ are vulnerable to the tragedy of the commons: because they’re available to anyone, including you, regardless of *whether or not you personally contribute, it’s difficult to motivate people to contribute to them, especially if far more lucrative money making opps are sitting around the corner..
*if this is a problem.. then already perpetuating myth of tragedy and lord et al
to me.. crazy.. since that is what i see him creating/perpetuating himself..esp at 9 min of video on vitalik on zulalu page:
9 min – v: we found 10-20 people and had them invite people.. that we would just accept.. people that would make sense for zulalu.. some from ethereum, longevity, et al.. goal was to find/bring people who were part of a few particular cultures/spaces.. but more than just one.. people who were interesting who would provide value to zulalu while it was happening.. wanted to avoid people who would pop in opportunistically .. trying to shoulder projects get investments.. have geeks.. then have sociopaths.. we were trying to be selective
needs to be unconditional (aka: for anyone.. no prep.. no train) for the dance to dance..
*building and sustaining such large scale public goods well requites new econ models and even a new culture.. kevin and gitcoin dao has been at the forefront of thinking thru these challenges and actively deploying and iterating on **new ways to bring democratic public goods funding, on the internet and beyond, to life
*nothing humane/sustaining/new if still about money/measuring/funding.. econ model is just same song.. need to try/see oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space
**may be new ways for demo/funding ness.. but not about legit life.. not new ways to live/be if still any form of m\a\p
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balaji srinivasan:
said optimism should be cautious indeed.. any naive approach may eventually land us in the same pickle, w corrupt institutions characterized by utterance of good intention and substance of bad result..
oi.. exactly what is happening here.. dang
but what if we put things on chain? what if we used all the new tools that blockchains provide to produce public goods in an adversarial environ.. *where all parties know some bad actors will try to game the system, where on chain actions are finally just as perceptible as digitally signed words, and where we **develop explicit metrics for positive sum outcomes..
*this mindset = same song
**metric ness = same song
that’s the promise of regen cryptoecon.. like renewable enregy of the nuclear vaiety, it helps make crypto sustainable.. it’s not zeero sum gambling or neg sum hacking.. it’s positive sum wealth creation and it’s the win and help win of web 3
again.. if still talking: promise, zero sum, wealth creation, win.. we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. [again].. for (blank)’s sake..
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griff green:
it’s all about coordination, it always has been .. the web3 regens are steadfast, focused on addressing the systemic root of the major issues that face humanity today: our failure to coordinate around public goods
this is a huge huge statement.. because nothing to date (including all this) has gotten to the root of problem
legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do
how we gather in a space is huge.. need to try spaces of permission where people have nothing to prove to facil curiosity over decision making.. because the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..
ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance.. for (blank)’s sake..
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
*if you want to create value for society (public goods) like building open source libraries or stewarding our lakes, rivers, and oceans.. you have 3 options: beg, sacrifice or both.. **taxes and donations are the dominant funding streams for satisfying our collective wants/needs.. even though these massive funding streams should be enough to provide abundant public goods for society, ***they don’t because they are difficult to coordinate.. taxes are distributed top down, making the feedback mechs incredibly slow or none existent.. donations are market feedback, but there is no financial reward for success.. in fact, they rely on unsustainable sacrifice from donors, volunteers and everyone else along the way..
*if we want legit freedom.. needs to be sans any form of m\a\p.. ie: begging, sacrificing, taxing, donating, funding, ..
**in sea world.. funding stream ness irrelevant s to legit free people.. so cancerous distractions
***they don’t satisfy because they can’t.. all that will satisfy every soul: missing pieces.. need 1st/most: means to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature so we can org around legit needs.. tech as it could be via nonjudgmental expo labeling
*web3 will change this.. we are building **novel coord mechs to create public goods while rewarding everyone involved.. society has the opp to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit into an open landscape of econ potential.. we can create econ games that make collective value creation regenerative.. regen cryptoecon is abundance econ..
*rather .. will be same song.. as long as still any form of m\a\p.. which appears all over these writings.. ie: rewarding ness et al..
**nothing ‘novel’ to date.. all tied to forms of m\a\p.. this is total ie of tragedy of the commons.. saying you have to have those ‘measures’.. to make sure no bad characters take over et al.. perpetuates khan filling the gaps law.. perpetuates the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. for (blank)’s sake..
take the green pill, anon
this ‘green’ not yet deep enough to get to root of problem
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abbey titcomb:
while thre ismuch work needed to achieve these visions, designing and maintaining positive sum coord games is a way towards a future of human thriving.. this ibook is a starting point..a quest, maybe.. *for those who seek to challenge the status quo..
*wish we could talk.. because you are still status quo ing..
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glen weyl:
i am deeply ambivalent about web3.. if we want to escape from the trap of building institutions intended for decentralization only to see them immediately captured again by monopolies.. we need to get beyond such simplistic thinking and build regen institutions that support public goods and increasing returns tech
rather.. need to try something legit diff.. again.. nothing to date has gotten to root of problem
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
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ch 0 – intro
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cryptoecon is the use of blockchain based incentives to design new kinds of systems, applications, or networks..
*incentives?.. so .. same song
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this book is about cryptoeconomic systems that 1\ satisfy human needs
until we grok 1.. all else are cancerous distractions
so.. again.. need most/1st: means (nonjudgmental expo labeling) to undo hierarchical listening as global detox ..
..so we can org around legit needs
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intended audience of book – designed for thse who already undersatnd at a high level what blockchains are, how smart contracts work, what daos are.. if this book were a uni course it would be a 401 leve.. if that is not for you.. that’s ok.. welcome to weird, wonderful wild world of web 3.. spend some time w th enumersou and great resources aboutthese fundamental and come back to this resource after that
oi.. blockchain ness.. smart contracts ness.. dao ness.. all cancerous distractions
blockchain could be used for nonjudgmental expo labeling.. if only you would be willing to try the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness (but i see you setting conditions everywhere)
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ch 1 – why (the grey pill)
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the grey pill = coordination failures
coordination failure occurs when a group of humans could achieve a desirable outcome by working together, but fail to do so because they don’t coordinate their decision making
oi.. the focus on decision making is what is unmooring us.. oi
individual cells of human body live harmoniously pooling their resource for the greater good of th eorganism; but if a cell defects from this equilib.. it becomes cancerous.. eventually oucompeting all the othe rcells and taking over the body
yep.. that’s what happens w any form of m\a\p.. ie: decision making over itch-in-the-soul, finite set of choices, conditions.. all these are cancerous distractions to the dance
we need to let go enough to try/see the unconditional part of left to own devices ness .. otherwise just keep perpetuating myth of tragedy and lord
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from a god’s eye view of a system that has suffered a coord failure, there is a clear problem.. but from w/in the system, no one actor can create change.. every single citizen hates the system, but for lack of a good coord mech it endures
need: tech as it could be
4-6 – on free riding ness as way coord failure work.
rather.. the one noticing the free riding ness *aka: everyone to date.. is perpetuating the free riding ness
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global coord failures: climate change; underfunding and insecure digital infra; misinfo; inadequate access to ed/employment..
these are all symptoms/myths of/from deeper coord problem.. ie: not letting the dance dance.. oooof
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the purpose of this book is to articulate the coord failures we face, so we may know thy enemy.. once we know enemy, we are more equipped to defeat it
oi
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we need an incorruptable coord substrate that is truly global in nature ot solve global coord failures.. *we have found one.. a device made of pure coord.. and we choose to use that to fight coord failure..
but have you? .. i think what you found was just more about same song
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title: our weapon (oi) of choice (oi) with image of sword.. then with one of elements being global: equally accessible from anywhere in the world
not yet true.. and it has to be fore the dance to dance.. so .. again.. we perpetuate myth of tragedy and lord
all coordination is a choice.. what we choose to do when present that choice is up to us
if so.. then already dead.. again.. finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..
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this bok takes the postiion tha tthere aren’t many actually people born ‘bad’ out there
fail.. pearson unconditional law et al
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ch 2 – who (who we buidl for)
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opp of coord failure is coord.. to some.. optimal coord creates thriving for asmall group of elites.. to su, optimal coord creates human thriving for many
many = fail.. not enough.. has to be all
while we celebrate our diversity, we also recognize our opp to address the common needs that every human has.. beyond just addressing these needs, we aim to enable human thriving
if coord/org around legit needs.. no enabling ness needed.. oooof
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maslow chart
deeper.. beyond maslow ness.. we need life over survival ness
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*one could be fooled into thinking regen cryptoecon is only about finance.. but it is not.. **finance is a key pillar of human society and a fin system could be designed that acts as a channel for greater human flourishing and greater ***combos of strength and intell to come together.. [then has chart – 8 circuits of consciousness.. all 8 are types of intelligence ie: physical intell, emotional intell, et al]
*if still have finance ness.. then only about finance ness.. ie: 10-day-care-center\ness et al.. any form of m\a\p
**rather.. of whale society.. in sea world.. ooof
***intellectness as cancerous distraction
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gregory landua and appleseed permaculture have published a great resource on the 8 diff forms of capital.. of which fin capital is only one
one if enough for cancerous distraction
also ‘currency’ heading implies exchange/measure ness.. so too.. cancerous distraction
gregory landua et al
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we build for donut econ
doughnut econ ness
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we build for game b
jordan (green)hall et al
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ch 3 – when (our moment of opportunity)
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web3 is a more solid foundation for human thriving.. web3 isa global, transparent, immutable, programmsble substrate for finance.. this is our moment to build infra for regen financial infra for the world.. the goal of this book is to document and teach the game theoretic concepts behind regen cryptoecon
oi.. substrate for finance.. aka: substate for perpetuating sea world.. ooof
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with programmable money.. we can program our values into our money.. with turing complete msart contract programming language, programmers can now design econ systems around their value
well.. not legit free people value.. rather.. whales values.. ie: money ness already sets values.. as does contract ness and language ness..
this is of course a double edged sword, as value systems can vary widely
not if starts with money.. with any form of m\a\p.. then all just same song
by aligning icentives of many participants, system designers can create economies tha texternalize good as widley as possible..
again.. if starting with any form of m\a\p.. (ie: incentive ness et al) not wide/deep/good/whatever enough
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in the past.. trust networks were local.. in old world..trust was oriented around relationships which were based up on our geo locations.. on internet we have niche interests and our networks of relationship are built around them..
if only.. but 1\ no one groks legit ‘interest’ aka: itch-in-the-soul ness 2\ even if built/org’d around legit needs if still using/bein any form of m\a\p.. would still be not us..
actually have means for deeper.. ie: itch-in-the-soul ‘friends’ ness
need to go deeper than deep finance.. than any form of m\a\p.. for the dance to dance
ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
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the constraints stack image.. the constraints of human civilization from maths to culture.. bottom layer to top: maths, physics, power structure, law, finance, media
actual constraints to human alive ness is any form of m\a\p.. rest are symptoms of not going that deep
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audrey tang as ie
audrey on democracy et al.. not deep enough
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in political sci, the idea of the consent of the governed is foundational.. a govt’s legitimacy and moral right to use its power is only justified (and lawful) when consented to by the people or society in which that political power is exercised
still not deep enough
public consensus always oppresses someone(s)
this is in contrast to the devine right of kinds, which had historically been invoked
rather.. same song
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ch 4 – what (designing coordination games)
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w programmable blockchain based econ systems.. there is a new opp to design cryptoeconincentive systems .. when incentive system are aligned, more econ agents will take the aligned actions than before.. what if we could align the incentive systms between public, private, and common goods to create more human thriving
that’s not legit/free human thrive/living.. incentive ness et al as cancerous distraction
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(on dunbar number ness).. if computers are bycycles for our mind (steve jobs).. it should be possible to maintain stable social relationship w a higher number of people.. tech could 5x
oi.. has to be all for the dance to dance
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bento ism = beyond near term orientation.. via yancey strickler founder of kickstarter
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bento chart.. when designing coord games it is possible to create games that are netpositive across this entire expanded bento box
oi
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designing for the evolution of trust
can’t do that.. either is/isn’t.. perhaps design for detox from disturbed trust
can’t design trust.. eith is/isn’t.. perhaps design for detox from disturbed trust
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design mechs that are easier to defend than to attack.. ie: eth proof of stake..
oi.. same song
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because matthew effect isa repeatable pattern in human social system..
oi.. rather in whale social system of sea world
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we can design to compensate against (or fundamentally counteract) the matthew effect
against ness = same song
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free rider rider problem..
not a problem.. at least not root.. rather.. a symptom.. ie: khan filling the gaps law et al
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ostrom 8
ostrom 8 et al – oi.. so 401 course just emans high level embed to sea world
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on legitimacy.. vitalik buterin: ‘a pattern of higher order acceptance.. an outcome in some social context is legit if the people in that social context broadly accept and play their part in enacting that outcome.. ‘
oi
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in web 3.. can design new mechs which fund public goods w/o taxation.. this creates an opp for a healthy mix of autnomoy and interdependence.. also creates opp to build cultural bridges between individualists and collectivists. when designing regen cryptoecon mechs.. look for expression of individual preferences w/in the context of the alrge community/collective
if only.. oi
brown belonging law.. maté trump law.. et al.. the dance
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dao s = unbundled governance of public goods..
oi.. dao ness et al
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ch 5 – how (coordination mechanisms)
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the mech that started it al
the mech we need 1st/most: means to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature as global detox/re\set.. so we can org around legit needs
to understand the opp web 3 presents, you must understand the breakthru that created the opp that is web3
the root problem w conventional (fiat) currency is all the trust that’s required to make it work..
rather.. that it (any form of m\a\p) disturbs that unconditionality of the dance
to remove the trust inherent in the financial system.. satoshi nakamoto, invented bitcoin
bitcoin still perpetuates fin ness.. not deep enough to deal with ie: trust, undonditionality, et al.. oi
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bitcoin solve this game theoretic problem by uising a proof of work mech to establish a clear, objective ruleset for the blockchain.. this work imposes large costs on the creator and thus incentivizes them to publish honest info..
oi.. again.. not deep enough to get to root of problem.. so only perpetuates it/sea world
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funding generation mechs
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funding distribution mechs
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voting mechs
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proof of personhood.. if we could find a cryptoeconomic way to prove unique human ness.. we could move the internet of finance from ‘one token on vote’ to one human one vot’ and unleash a wave of digital democracy..
oi..
rather.. oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space.. .. with nothing to prove
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but how are we to know which impact daos are truly havingimpact and which are just marketing? .. ‘don’t trust, verity’ is a mantra among cryptographers, how can we apply this to the growing field of impactdaos?
oi.. verifiability law et al..
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a few meta pattern syou will find across diff regen cryptoecon systems:
1\ pluralism: skin to biodiversity.. the more pluralism there is across an ecosystem, this creates more antifragility as it grows
why we need everyone.. from the get go
2\ expressivity: eg the collection of primitives available should be reach enough to allow actors to express organizations we’ve not thought of yet
rather.. deeper.. ie: tech as it could be
3\ simplicity/legibility: individual primitives shoujld be relatively sijpjle, you can combine them into more complex assemblages..
last 3
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robust signal generation
of course in order to create a robust set of signals, one needs to have an active ecosystem of participants..
to that end, there are a number of engagement hacking techniquest that were pioneered in the web2 days which also work in the web3 space
oi.. invited vs invented.. seat at the table ness et al.. all cancerous distractions to the dance.. if have to incentivize/engage.. huge red flag we’re doing it/life wrong
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ch 6 – looking forward (civilizational scale regenerative cryptoeconomics)
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as humanity transitions from the industrial age to the info age, our old institutions are decaying.. in this overton window.. we have a once in a lifetime opp to build new, better, fairer institutions.. anon.. t
not sure about the age-transition ness.. to me that’s whalespeak.. but yeah to opp before us.. let’s not waste it building any (newer/better/fairer/whatever) institutions.. let’s try something legit diff.. sans institution ness.. ie: the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
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a dao is a decentralized autonomous org.. some daos are like global companies.. some are protocols.. all of them use blockchains as a trust anchor..
an impact dao is any dao that creates positive externalities for the ecosystem in which it resides
ah.. so positives for sea world.. ooof..
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the big idea
- build a parallel opt-in system for funding digital native public goods, which operates at greater efficiency at a greater scale
- this parallel opt-in system could increasingly support non digital public goods
- as more people quit thei rprivate jobs to work on public good, energy in on epublic good seeps into another, a sense of 21st cent native civic pride emerges, momentum compounds outwards in a virtuous cycle of growth
- more global public goods get funded. over decades, economies and democracies all ove rth eowrl dget upgraded by higher bandwidth for th edigital age, creating more human thriving
oi.. need bigger/deepr.. that is just for whale perpetuation..
ie: a sabbatical ish transition
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ch 7 – git involved
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an inchoate virtuous cycle
inchoate: just begun, rudimentary, prep…
all coord is a choice. to win this coord game we need to choose to coord to make this into a multiplayer game.. once we win it.. we much coord to maintain its legitimacy
finite set of choices ness..
if we’re having to ‘choose’ to coord.. having to figure out how to coord.. et al.. to me.. red flag we’re doing it/life wrong.. so cancerous distractions to the dance
we do these things not for their own sake, but as a means to create human thriving.. regen cryptoecon is here.. it’s important and it’s happening.. but it is also inchoate.. to grow .. it needs you
wonder what you mean by that.. from all i’ve read.. sounds like you mean – feeling better about living in and perpetuating sea world
the overton windo is open.. join the movement.. do what feels right to you.. do your own research.. beware any charismatic leader who claims to have all the answers (including me).. the leader is the person who knows what to do next..
and whatever you do.. remember to coordinate..
– owocki
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wagmi
via google: WAGMI means “We’re All Gonna Make It,” a popular internet acronym and rallying cry in crypto and online communities that expresses collective optimism and belief in shared success, despite market volatility or setbacks. It signifies confidence that investors will achieve financial goals, often used to uplift spirits during downturns or to encourage long-term commitment to a project or asset..
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