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Impossibly Useless
Welcome to the future: Work is leisure; communities are corporations; and every person is both an investor and a financial product.
![Impossibly Useless](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2022/01/Leisure-Work.jpg)
Ponzi and the City
Urban economics explains the evolution of Web3. And vice versa.
![Ponzi and the City](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2022/01/Ponzi-and-the-City.jpg)
Stalin in the Metaverse
New ecosystems cannot create old monsters. But they can create new ones. Here's what we can do about it.
![Stalin in the Metaverse](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2022/01/Stalin-in-the-Metaverse.jpg)
GitHub Shrugged
Open-Source developers provide free resources to giant corporations. Until they don't.
![GitHub Shrugged](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2022/01/Github-Shrugged.jpg)
Unpacking the Web3 Sausage
Crypto is interesting for the freedom it enables, not for the freedom users currently care about. (a response to Moxie)
![Unpacking the Web3 Sausage](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2022/01/The-Hotel-California-Conundrum.jpg)
Snow Day
No newsletter today. We got a lot of snow last night, and I am spending the day shoveling and completing other missions. Looking for something good to read or listen to in the meantime? Check out: * Packy McCormick's The Laboratory of Complex Problems [https://www.notboring.co/p/
Don't show Me the Money
The blockchain will disappear. But first, it will uncover a whole new world.
![Don't show Me the Money](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2021/12/Don-t-show-me-the-money.jpg)
The Unchained Web
In 2021, the internet figured out how to generate its own goods, enforce its own rules, and take what it needs from the outside world.
![The Unchained Web](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2021/12/The-Unchained-Web.jpg)
In Praise of Ponzis
A new economic model is emerging. Here's why it makes sense.
![In Praise of Ponzis](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2021/12/In-Praise-of-Ponzi.jpg)
Crossing the Bank
A single currency is a perfect solution for a low-information world. We no longer live in one.
![Crossing the Bank](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2021/11/Crossing-the-bank.jpg)