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🧠 In crypto, everything is a ponzi
…until sometimes, it’s not.
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Who are you?
A wonky romp through identity, classification, and power.
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What connects crypto and ‘Love is Blind’?
The sociology of speculation and how it is shaping crypto communities and modern life.
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Venture capitalists are the new narrators of crypto
That’s a big problem, and not for the reason you might think.
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Tech for... what, exactly?
How ‘tech for good’ launders the expertise, interests, and beliefs of technologists.
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Accidents are inevitable
But don’t blame ‘bad actors’ — accidents are a failure of the system
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Is pseudonymity the answer?
It depends on who is asking the question, and their societal position.
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Trust me, I’m a smart contract.
If we’ve built totally ‘trustless’ systems, we may never have to trust another human being again, right? Right??
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Are blockchains immutable?
A dive into the collective belief that ‘yes, assets CAN be digital, and you CAN own them!’
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🦄 Tokenizing Creators
How 'social tokens' turn creators into stocks
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🤷 What’s the deal with DAOs?
Do they work? What are they even for? Should I be afraid of them?
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Crypto is not decentralized
Because technical decentralization does not decentralize power — it only hides it
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