Since launch, we’ve distributed 105 totems to 105 souls on our digital anthropological expedition. You may be one of them. If not, fear not, you can still join us.

For those that have joined, it seems like we have a few outstanding travel preparations as we start our journey into our strange online realms.

To start, we should ask: what do we include in our digital knapsack? We have our initial totem but there is definitely much more:

1. We’ve prepared our conversational caravan, via guild. Make sure to stop by and present your totem, which serves as your community pass.

2. We’ve collected initial entries on our central journal here. Make sure to register for ongoing news of our journey.

3. We’ve started our explorations with a daily drip of discoveries. Make sure to join, for a gentle stream of interesting long-form articles.

4. We’ve collected >3 ETH in our treasury of resources, which you are welcome to send some fun memorabilia (maybe some odd, misshapen tokens to be transformed into stories?) (0x22fdecaa6cd937fdb989614b6c879261f0104adb)

5. We’ve crafted a public message box. Make sure to follow the account, tag it (@) or send a message if you want something included in this communal journal. We already received our first message.

Once you’ve completed these steps, it’s time to sit back, watch, and allow the network winds to part the digital sea before us.

Are those just illusions on the horizon? There seems to be structures emerging.

https://vbsd.super.site/introduction-for-culture-shifters

The Internet Has Become the External Hard Drive for Our Memories

For millennia humans have relied on one another to recall the minutiae of our daily goings-on. Now we rely on "the cloud"-and it is changing how we perceive and remember the world around us

https://www.scientificamerican.com

What is depth and how do you add it to your game?

Depth is what keeps a game feeling fresh long after its release. So what is it, and how do you capture that elusive magic?

https://www.gamedeveloper.com

The garden of forking memes: how digital media distorts our sense of time

How did the internet disrupt 20th century timekeeping systems and spark an insurgence of alternative historical narratives? How do old media institutions try (and fail) to keep up with the narratives of online subcultures? How does the immediate accessibility of so many alt histories undermine our ability to create shared visions of the future?

https://aaronzlewis.com

https://mirror.xyz/avenueplace.eth/ETDXG1NCYUytex3G3G_3DxnVwA70qJ9z2U-d2xdZZUs

The Real Dangers of Social Media

Social media is blamed for many of today's social ills, but this only serves to shield us from the harsh reality that it is us who are at fault.

https://markmanson.net

Big6 - Information literacy model

The Big6™ is a process model for information problem-solving. It integrates information search and use skills along with technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply, and evaluate information for specific needs and tasks. The Big6 was developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz and is the popular approach to teaching information and technology...

http://vgulibguide.wordpress.com

All earnings from collection of this post will be split 50-50 between the non-profit I support (Obras del País) and Folklore’s community treasury. Treasury funds will be fully utilized to commission new essays related to our new digital realms.