WE ARE HERE: ANNOUNCING STATION)It's difficult to discern whether the New York Magazine's piercing cover is mockery, sarcasm, or genuine excitement about the future. DeFi summer. NBA Top Shot. Social tokens to bet on celebrities early. The dazzling velocity with which the words "crypto", "DeFi" and "NFT" get appended to our everyday life has made an indelible mark on everyone's mind.A tale of two cities unfolds the way it always does. Digital creators are able to auction their ...

WE ARE HERE: ANNOUNCING STATION)It's difficult to discern whether the New York Magazine's piercing cover is mockery, sarcasm, or genuine excitement about the future. DeFi summer. NBA Top Shot. Social tokens to bet on celebrities early. The dazzling velocity with which the words "crypto", "DeFi" and "NFT" get appended to our everyday life has made an indelible mark on everyone's mind.A tale of two cities unfolds the way it always does. Digital creators are able to auction their ...

In 2021, more than 50 million Americans left their jobs. It has become painstakingly clear that our current models of work are not fulfilling or effective for the modern-day laborer. In the past, such rigid structures may have been justifiable – corporate structures reduced the friction and transaction costs of contracting individual work on the free market. However, while such sentiment may have been plausible in the early 20th century, new technology has and will continue to transform how w...

In 2021, more than 50 million Americans left their jobs. It has become painstakingly clear that our current models of work are not fulfilling or effective for the modern-day laborer. In the past, such rigid structures may have been justifiable – corporate structures reduced the friction and transaction costs of contracting individual work on the free market. However, while such sentiment may have been plausible in the early 20th century, new technology has and will continue to transform how w...

Author: Alli (@sonofalli) Editor/Graphics: Tina (@fkpxls)“Identity is a potent force that we ignore and misread at our peril” – Caroline Criado-Pérez, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a WorldWhen I was in 5th grade, an “internet safety officer” from our local government came to visit my classroom. He sat at the front of our classroom for two hours on a rainy afternoon and proceeded to scare the sh*t out of my peers and me, talking about digital identity and stranger danger online. At th...

Author: Alli (@sonofalli) Editor/Graphics: Tina (@fkpxls)“Identity is a potent force that we ignore and misread at our peril” – Caroline Criado-Pérez, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a WorldWhen I was in 5th grade, an “internet safety officer” from our local government came to visit my classroom. He sat at the front of our classroom for two hours on a rainy afternoon and proceeded to scare the sh*t out of my peers and me, talking about digital identity and stranger danger online. At th...

“We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves.” ― Jane Jacobs, The Death, and Life of Great American CitiesSource | Christine MiOne does not call oneself a proper New Yorker if one hasn’t complained about the subway. That citizens endure such agony only reveals how indispensable this infrastructure is. A New Yorker’s life is spent “in transit,” rushing up the stairs to the station platform, getting on and off and to transfer, and feeling relief as the train rumbles over im...

“We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves.” ― Jane Jacobs, The Death, and Life of Great American CitiesSource | Christine MiOne does not call oneself a proper New Yorker if one hasn’t complained about the subway. That citizens endure such agony only reveals how indispensable this infrastructure is. A New Yorker’s life is spent “in transit,” rushing up the stairs to the station platform, getting on and off and to transfer, and feeling relief as the train rumbles over im...

Station’s mission is to make working for passion accessible to everyone online, regardless of who, and where you are. One of the most critical components of working for passion is the people. Every great community leader knows that culture is the aggregate of the people in a network. Corporations have entrusted employees as oracles of talent through the process of referrals. Over the past decade, about 30% of new hires in organizations have come from employee referrals. The gaming company Val...

Station’s mission is to make working for passion accessible to everyone online, regardless of who, and where you are. One of the most critical components of working for passion is the people. Every great community leader knows that culture is the aggregate of the people in a network. Corporations have entrusted employees as oracles of talent through the process of referrals. Over the past decade, about 30% of new hires in organizations have come from employee referrals. The gaming company Val...

In his seminal 1937 essay, The Nature of the Firm, economist Ronald Coase explained why companies exist—to reduce the friction and transaction costs of contracting individual work on the free market. While perhaps a truth of the past, traditional corporations with bloated management and poor incentives for employees and users no longer effectively create value. Rather than focusing on practicing the craft at hand, tremendous energy is wasted optimizing for zero-sum games of equity vesting, sa...

In his seminal 1937 essay, The Nature of the Firm, economist Ronald Coase explained why companies exist—to reduce the friction and transaction costs of contracting individual work on the free market. While perhaps a truth of the past, traditional corporations with bloated management and poor incentives for employees and users no longer effectively create value. Rather than focusing on practicing the craft at hand, tremendous energy is wasted optimizing for zero-sum games of equity vesting, sa...

Words & Visuals: Paprika, Stephanie Editor: Tina“Places like rest stops, stairwells, trains, parking lots, waiting rooms, airports feel weird when you’re in them because their existence is not about themselves, but the things before and after them.”David Bowie's Station to Station album coverWhen David Bowie released Station to Station in 1976, it quickly became a global sensation. The album was not only a transitional piece for Bowie’s career, but also an engine that powered young artis...

Words & Visuals: Paprika, Stephanie Editor: Tina“Places like rest stops, stairwells, trains, parking lots, waiting rooms, airports feel weird when you’re in them because their existence is not about themselves, but the things before and after them.”David Bowie's Station to Station album coverWhen David Bowie released Station to Station in 1976, it quickly became a global sensation. The album was not only a transitional piece for Bowie’s career, but also an engine that powered young artis...

Author: Alli (@sonofalli) Editor/Graphics: Tina (@fkpxls)“Do Your Own Research”If you scroll through almost any corner of Crypto Twitter (CT) for long enough, it is almost inevitable that you come across those four words. The slogan of sorts, which gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic surrounding vaccines, masks, and more, has quickly become popular in the emerging ecosystem and rhetoric surrounding Crypto and Web3. Oftentimes it is used as a disclaimer– often paired with the other ...

Author: Alli (@sonofalli) Editor/Graphics: Tina (@fkpxls)“Do Your Own Research”If you scroll through almost any corner of Crypto Twitter (CT) for long enough, it is almost inevitable that you come across those four words. The slogan of sorts, which gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic surrounding vaccines, masks, and more, has quickly become popular in the emerging ecosystem and rhetoric surrounding Crypto and Web3. Oftentimes it is used as a disclaimer– often paired with the other ...

“Real Talk” is an experimental series of raw, unfiltered, unedited exchange between friends over the span of a month. There’re way too many presumptions in the space and not enough conversations. The two friends — who also happen to be writers and founders — came together on one of the last days of 2021 to have a conversation. Tina is the co-founder of Station Labs building Station Network. Reggie is the co-founder of Eternal, a next-gen social network inspired by shared objects and third pla...

“Real Talk” is an experimental series of raw, unfiltered, unedited exchange between friends over the span of a month. There’re way too many presumptions in the space and not enough conversations. The two friends — who also happen to be writers and founders — came together on one of the last days of 2021 to have a conversation. Tina is the co-founder of Station Labs building Station Network. Reggie is the co-founder of Eternal, a next-gen social network inspired by shared objects and third pla...

Author: Ruby Thelot (@being_on_line) Editor: Katie Chiou (@katiewav) Graphics: Mind Apivessa (@mindapi_)The first virtual millionaireThe cover of the May 1st 2006 issue of Businessweek was groundbreaking.Cover, BusinessweekIt featured a black-haired Asian woman donning a red qipao on a yellow background. Yet, it wasn’t groundbreaking because of the individual’s gender or ethnicity, rather because the cover star wasn’t “real”—she was an avatar. Anshe Chung is known as the first “virtual millio...

Author: Ruby Thelot (@being_on_line) Editor: Katie Chiou (@katiewav) Graphics: Mind Apivessa (@mindapi_)The first virtual millionaireThe cover of the May 1st 2006 issue of Businessweek was groundbreaking.Cover, BusinessweekIt featured a black-haired Asian woman donning a red qipao on a yellow background. Yet, it wasn’t groundbreaking because of the individual’s gender or ethnicity, rather because the cover star wasn’t “real”—she was an avatar. Anshe Chung is known as the first “virtual millio...

Introducing the Crypto, Culture & Society Terminal on StationAmidst what seems like an explosion of new DAOs, many decentralized communities emerge as high-growth cities, each with its own goals, structures, economies, and cultural forces that pull visitors in. What also rises with the rapid experimentation is the rise of new labor markets; as people flood into these new cities, we ask—how can we ensure that as we grow, we are cultivating these new digital cities with thoughtfulness and care?...

Introducing the Crypto, Culture & Society Terminal on StationAmidst what seems like an explosion of new DAOs, many decentralized communities emerge as high-growth cities, each with its own goals, structures, economies, and cultural forces that pull visitors in. What also rises with the rapid experimentation is the rise of new labor markets; as people flood into these new cities, we ask—how can we ensure that as we grow, we are cultivating these new digital cities with thoughtfulness and care?...