was it already common knowledge that crown heights // prospect heights is the documentarian capitol of the US?

paywalled content creates a weird paradox. people who pay are more invested, but you lose the power law effect where one piece can explode and pull everything up.

most creators don't understand this tradeoff.

some reasons why proof of attribution is becoming a fundamental layer of the new internet::

1. legal frameworks are failing. copyright lawsuits against model trainers show that old world contracts cannot police an economy of infinite, automated creation. we need protocol-level rules.

we’re witnessing three emerging economies of interaction:
the first is infinitely scalable—digital twins and ai agents delivering efficient, frictionless, always-available communication. communication as utility.

comparing the data models of web2 and web3 reveals a fundamental difference in their relationship to truth:

been thinking about the playbook of dominating mindshare before a product is viable. raising millions to spend on controversy and brand toxicity, betting that the tech will eventually catch up.

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first post let’s go 🔥