How do we prevent an AI dystopia? As AI development races forward, it is becoming clear that the problem is not with the technology itself but with the incentives of those who develop it. Continuing on the same trajectory will almost certainly lead to a world where we can no…

We are facing two fundamental problems in our economy that lead to all the crises we see today, from an impending AI dystopia to the crisis of trust in media and institutions, the climate crisis, social and political turmoil, and so on. What are these fundamental problems? While there is…

Abundance Protocol’s vision for a superaligned crypto ecosystem. We previously covered the start (development > testnet > mainnet) and the endgame stage (AI-powered consensus mechanism) of Abundance Protocol, but I feel that the intermediate stage (and progression) is somewhat unclear, so I’d like to discuss it in this post: The…

How do we solve the biggest challenges facing humanity? From environmental degradation to chronic diseases, the crisis of trust in institutions, food and water security, and so on, the main limiting factor is not the lack of resources or people to solve these problems, but the lack of an effective…

If you spend enough time on social media you begin to wonder if these platforms were intentionally designed to keep people angry and divided. We don’t ask for much from social media; connecting with friends and family, getting useful information, having civilized conversations, sharing opinions and ideas, and so on…

There are currently over 97 zettabytes of data online — that is roughly three gigabytes of data for every dollar of US national debt. Within this tremendous mountain of data — somewhere between old high school photos, junk email and the occasional tweet — lies nearly all of human knowledge…

How can crypto and blockchain technology completely upend our economy and politics? If we wanted to visualize all the political ideologies up to the present moment — from Anarcho-capitalism to communism and everything in between, including democratic socialism, mixed economy, laissez faire capitalism, and so on — and how they…

The Web 4.0 vision for Open Source extends far beyond merely making open source projects economically viable — it is about creating an Open Source Ecosystem that could rival and surpass anything built on the proprietary software business model. We previously discussed how Web 4.0 works and explained why an…

Mofi was not surprised that her art was desired and even popular. What she didn’t like however was how market forces were influencing artists all around her, and beginning to creep into her own work as well. …