# James Beck ## Recent Posts - [What happens when the creative class makes their own currencies?](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/what-happens-when-the-creative-class-makes-their-own-currencies) - [My favorite albums and tracks released in 2023](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/my-favorite-albums-and-tracks-released-in-2023) - [Two new tracks; comparing Nina and Catalog](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/two-new-tracks-comparing-nina-and-catalog) - [The Internet is our Default Reality Now: Taylor Lorenz's "Extremely Online" ](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/the-internet-is-our-default-reality-now-taylor-lorenz-s-extremely-online) - [Narcissism is not the same as self-love](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/narcissism-is-not-the-same-as-self-love) - [Last one to leave 49 Bogart](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/last-one-to-leave-49-bogart) - [30 oblique thoughts, principles, quotes, and questions for thriving in web3](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/30-oblique-thoughts-principles-quotes-and-questions-for-thriving-in-web3) - [How We Get To Negative Emissions With Web3](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/how-we-get-to-negative-emissions-with-web3) - [How Could Ethereum Extend Personhood To Trees?](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/how-could-ethereum-extend-personhood-to-trees) - [Can NFTs Crack Royalties And Give More Value To Artists?](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/can-nfts-crack-royalties-and-give-more-value-to-artists) ## Blog Information - [Homepage](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/): Main blog page - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@jamesjohnbeck): Subscribe to updates - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/JamesJohnBeck): Follow on Twitter ## Optional - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/): Complete post archive - [Sitemap](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjohnbeck/sitemap-index.xml): XML sitemap for crawlers