
Sycophancy Is a Death Spiral – and America’s in It
When leaders demand total loyalty and surround themselves with flatterers, disaster follows. Every time. It’s not a question of if—it’s a question of when.

Proposal: musicto Collaborative Playlist Grant Initiative
We perceive Higher as a movement that rises above division, fear, and hate. If hate represents the lowest expression of humanity, then aiming higher is about choosing connection, empathy, and creativity.

In Scotland & Feeling Good
Writing for the Human Collective, this week's prompt: How Are You Feeling About Where You're At In Your Life?

Sycophancy Is a Death Spiral – and America’s in It
When leaders demand total loyalty and surround themselves with flatterers, disaster follows. Every time. It’s not a question of if—it’s a question of when.

Proposal: musicto Collaborative Playlist Grant Initiative
We perceive Higher as a movement that rises above division, fear, and hate. If hate represents the lowest expression of humanity, then aiming higher is about choosing connection, empathy, and creativity.

In Scotland & Feeling Good
Writing for the Human Collective, this week's prompt: How Are You Feeling About Where You're At In Your Life?
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I’ve been listening to the Sept. 7 episode of "Many Such Cases," and it got me thinking about channels. I’ve been active since August, and I’ve seen channels evolve. I have an old idea, I think sub-channels are the next step.
Right now, channels are set up for competition. It’s a zero-sum game—"let the channel wars begin." That makes no sense to me. There's time for culling and time for growth, yet my impression at least is that we're in a growth phase, no? It feels like we're architected against collaboration.
Collaboration Good
I reached out to @ghostlinkz of /music - he was super open and welcoming. We talked about channel dynamics and community and ethics, it was cool. But it highlighted that - at this particular time in Farcaster's history - our goals could be misaligned.
I'm thinking of the initial Yahoo directory - but with people, not pages. Each person "curated' into the ecosystem, all done on chain and distributing value transparently & equitably. See: /channel/music/techno/untzuntz or channel/music/playlists/bananas. Doesn't need to be genres - could be anything - so long as the stem is being built - it's searchable.
Implement transparent and "smart" contracts for any rev sharing through the ecosystem and you get everyone aligned: Higher level channel owners can open up as many sub channels as they desire ifthey can find the right human, new channel owners are supported by the higher channel owners.
I’ve been listening to the Sept. 7 episode of "Many Such Cases," and it got me thinking about channels. I’ve been active since August, and I’ve seen channels evolve. I have an old idea, I think sub-channels are the next step.
Right now, channels are set up for competition. It’s a zero-sum game—"let the channel wars begin." That makes no sense to me. There's time for culling and time for growth, yet my impression at least is that we're in a growth phase, no? It feels like we're architected against collaboration.
Collaboration Good
I reached out to @ghostlinkz of /music - he was super open and welcoming. We talked about channel dynamics and community and ethics, it was cool. But it highlighted that - at this particular time in Farcaster's history - our goals could be misaligned.
I'm thinking of the initial Yahoo directory - but with people, not pages. Each person "curated' into the ecosystem, all done on chain and distributing value transparently & equitably. See: /channel/music/techno/untzuntz or channel/music/playlists/bananas. Doesn't need to be genres - could be anything - so long as the stem is being built - it's searchable.
Implement transparent and "smart" contracts for any rev sharing through the ecosystem and you get everyone aligned: Higher level channel owners can open up as many sub channels as they desire ifthey can find the right human, new channel owners are supported by the higher channel owners.
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Almost completed @ted and @nonlinear.eth's /manysuchcases podcast - the channel discussion got me thinking: