rileybeansEnthusiasm Is All You Need
The angelic sacred text of fandom is mystical, filled with subtext, full of whimsy and make-believe. Here, a fandom’s stories are enthusiastically injected with passion shared by millions… this is the power of media we love tapping into. I’ve been wandering through past loves lately, spending time rewatching TV shows I was obsessed with from 2010 to 2017, sitting with the imagination of those stories we once shared. In my opinion, this was truly a golden age of social media, TV, the internet,...
rileybeansIntroducing: The State of People
Looking at the state of people from the periphery, it’s not hard to see how dire things have gotten. I still wonder if we’ve done enough. I don’t think we have. Therefore, the experiments must continue. I’m constantly considering all the ways in which we grab onto the webs and branches toward one another as we swing through the treacherous lands of the metaverse. I've tried many things in the past couple of years and failed at a few of them to varying degrees. But one throughline keeping...
rileybeansThe State of Expansive Communities on Farcaster
“Tell the old story for our modern times” - Emily Wilson’s translation of The OdysseyExpansive Communities: in essence, are interoperable hyperchannels that are both permissionless and sustainable through sensible governance, meaning-making, and caregiving Farcaster provides decentralized, permissionless space for expansive communities to flourish as an experimental example of how growth, knowledge sharing, and participation in discussion can bring a sense of meaning to social behavior. While...
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rileybeansEnthusiasm Is All You Need
The angelic sacred text of fandom is mystical, filled with subtext, full of whimsy and make-believe. Here, a fandom’s stories are enthusiastically injected with passion shared by millions… this is the power of media we love tapping into. I’ve been wandering through past loves lately, spending time rewatching TV shows I was obsessed with from 2010 to 2017, sitting with the imagination of those stories we once shared. In my opinion, this was truly a golden age of social media, TV, the internet,...
rileybeansIntroducing: The State of People
Looking at the state of people from the periphery, it’s not hard to see how dire things have gotten. I still wonder if we’ve done enough. I don’t think we have. Therefore, the experiments must continue. I’m constantly considering all the ways in which we grab onto the webs and branches toward one another as we swing through the treacherous lands of the metaverse. I've tried many things in the past couple of years and failed at a few of them to varying degrees. But one throughline keeping...
rileybeansThe State of Expansive Communities on Farcaster
“Tell the old story for our modern times” - Emily Wilson’s translation of The OdysseyExpansive Communities: in essence, are interoperable hyperchannels that are both permissionless and sustainable through sensible governance, meaning-making, and caregiving Farcaster provides decentralized, permissionless space for expansive communities to flourish as an experimental example of how growth, knowledge sharing, and participation in discussion can bring a sense of meaning to social behavior. While...
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