Hey there,
We're back with the 31st edition of Paragraph Picks, highlighting a few hand-selected pieces from the past couple of weeks.
Check them out & let us know which is your favorite!
Technology, Money, Design, and Media: Is This the Matrix They Keep Doomposting About?
@lght.eth argues that while many lament the current state of the digital world, we have barely begun to understand or properly leverage its core pillars (technology, money, design, and media), and that our collective digital literacy is still in its infancy, leaving vast opportunities for growth.
Speaking generally to the internauts, it feels like we've been given lever, fulcrum, connectivity, and resources to a tune no generation prior has received.
The Garden and the Machine
@ramon explores Ethereum’s ongoing identity crisis, contrasting two competing visions — one viewing Ethereum as a machine driven by financial success and token speculation, the other as a garden fostering open innovation and decentralized growth.
Instead of endlessly debating one chain’s “power” over another in front of a small set of wallets largely focused on speculation, perhaps it’s time to rethink how to power the entire garden so it can grow beyond its current boundaries.
Scaling Base in 2025: Sub-cent transaction fees to bring the world onchain
@anika outlines Base’s ambitious goal to scale throughput to 250 Mgas/s by the end of 2025, ensuring sub-cent transaction fees to make onchain activity globally accessible.
Our North Star for throughput is 1 Ggas/s (pronounced “gigagas per second”), ~40x of where we are today. Base needs to scale at least this much to support 1 billion users transacting onchain while ensuring transaction fees stay sub-cent.
Escaping the Memeplex
@macbudkowski explores the concept of memeplexes — clusters of ideas that frequently appear together, even if they aren’t logically connected, and that sometimes lead to ideological conformity and the erosion of critical thinking.
The goal here isn’t to eliminate tribal thinking entirely – that’s probably impossible. Rather, it’s about identifying the memeplexes you follow and putting yourself in a place where you will naturally see many different ideas.
Post to Earn: The New Farcaster Meta of 2026
@pichi explores how crypto social legos on Farcaster are transforming online engagement by allowing everyday users — not just influencers — to earn money for their content.
Today, average people are getting paid to post on Farcaster.
Post-Clank Clarity
@dish reflects on his journey leading up to Clanker, the explosive growth after launch, and all the failures and lessons learned along the way.
We were building the ladder as we climbed it.
That's all we have for this week — what did we miss?
Let us know what you think!
