The segue on tonight’s news gave me an idea.
Send all those protestors in Wellington to Ukraine - and have them protest against the Russians.
Cryptocurrencies: A Necessary Scam?
“Yes, Web3 is a bunch of bullshit. The problem is, compared to what?”
Matt Stoller
Rest and hustling by Ben Werdmuller - highlighting the problem of ‘the hustle’.
It’s funny how you can put off projects that seem overwhelming, but when you finally get down to it, take less time than it takes to go out to lunch.
📺 What Is Truth?
I recently watched the TV series of Fargo seasons and came to realise that the ‘True Story’ theme of Fargo … where none of it is true … is itself a theme throughout.
It explores what different characters believe is their truth … and who are we to judge?
Example Scenes
Final Scene - Part One - of Final Episode of Series 3 of Fargo
Final Scene - Part Two - of Final Episode of Series 3 of Fargo
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
Albert Camus
Side Note
The actor who played Varga in Series 3 ( David Thewlis )has just popped up in a new series - Landscapers with another favourite of mine - Olivia Colman.
Landscapers is a true story - not like Fargo truth - real truth! Proving that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Web 3 - Whatever That Is!
To understand what I mean - you might want to check out this earlier post. Meanwhile, on my personal thoughts microblog, I have been collecting a series of links - you can find them here.
Meanwhile, I was thinking that it probably makes more sense to include them on this blog. Thus we have a new living post, starting with that list and expanding - as I find then - below.
Probably the most important blog that relates to this post is
Web3 Is Going Just Great
Added March 11th
World’s ‘First NFT Vending Machine’ Didn’t Work And Neither Did The NFTs
Original Links
Why Web3 matters - by John Henderson - The Idea Exchange
Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs - YouTube
So … what the hell is Web3? With the Chernin Group’s Jarrod Dicker - Recode Media
The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Startups
The Web3 Renaissance: A Golden Age for Content - by Li Jin
Web3's Instant Rush to Centralization
Matt Birchler summarizing Moxie’s piece
Via Doc Searls ...
About My Book …
Just found this comment posted on a site out there …
“Best. Book. Title. Ever.”
A Metaphor for Computer Systems? (Jobs aside … I need to find the quote about the back of a book case.)
‘Peaky Blinders’ Production Company Working With Bushmills On A Themed Whiskey
No discussion of what it actually tastes like!
“Science describes accurately from outside, poetry describes accurately from inside, [and] both celebrate what they describe.”
“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.”
💬 P. J. O'Rourke
Leaked Plan Shows Intel Will Try to Be More Efficient Than M1 Max by Late 2023'
Of course, @gruber has a point - a couple of them actually.
Let me add another.
Who thinks that catching up with the M1Max in just under two years will actually be competitive in two years?
San Francisco schools the Left
Joe Biden received 85% of the vote in San Francisco in 2020. Those board members just lost their seats by more than 70%. A cultural rebellion within the Democratic Party has begun.
🎬 Rent for $5.99 or Buy for $9.99 … I didn’t expect to see that kind of offer on a movie as well reviewed as Dune!
🎶🎼🎵Dave Grohl calls Liam Gallagher “one of the last remaining rock stars”
I like Dave Grohl. I’m enjoying his new book. But that doesn’t mean to say I agree with him on everything.
This is one of those. Vehement disagreement.
📚Three Interesting ‘Writer’ Links
By the way - Gallagher’s YouTube Channel - 58Keys is worth checking out. Nice to see that I subscribed when his count was in the hundreds - and now it is over 2 1/2 thousand.
🖇️ The second session of 🖇️ 🔎The Readers Republic is coming up - delighted that @artkavanagh will be hosting. Sadly @ton will not be able to make it, so his session will need to run at a future event.
Otherwise, looks like we are all in for a good session on the 6th/7th March.
I’ve been waiting 15 years for Facebook to die. I’m more hopeful than ever.
Cory Doctorow in The Guardian.
We keep on hoping … but even if it does something else will fill the void.
This is a referral link to SetApp .. full disclosure - if you decide to ‘go for it’ - we both get a free month of SetApp.
Over to you.
Oleksandr Kosovan, CEO & Founder of MacPaw (the company behind SetApp) on the Ukrainian situation.