# The Ivory Tower

> Reflections from the trenches in the intersection of history, culture, and crypto

## Recent Posts

- [The (robotics) middle Way ](https://paragraph.com/@excelmaxi/the-robotics-middle-way): Virtuals' road to accelerating embodiment
- [[II] The ossification of cults](https://paragraph.com/@excelmaxi/cults-ossification):  A cautionary tale of ETH losing its mandate of heaven
- [From compute to creativity: AI’s collective awakening](https://paragraph.com/@excelmaxi/aci_awakening): The birth of Artificial Collective Intelligence
- [[I] Post-Nietzschism: redefining belief in the age of crypto cults](https://paragraph.com/@excelmaxi/crypto-cults): On the basis for religion
- [An ode to (crypto) gaming](https://paragraph.com/@excelmaxi/ode_to_gaming): A tribute to interactive worlds
- [Polymarket, or how I learnt to love drama](https://paragraph.com/@excelmaxi/polymarket_history-1): The polarization of politics and the rise of the attention economy
- [MapleStory — Of mushrooms and slimes](https://paragraph.com/@excelmaxi/maplestory_u-2): An unexpected contender appears in the field?!

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