It’s feeling like we’re living in a very strange moment in time where liberal norms of openness have been shattered by the same class of tech industry titans who expressed these values just a decade ago. In this episode I spoke to Nick Houde and Severin Matusek from co-matter, a research and strategy studio based in Berlin, who recently published an incredible memo that is chock full of incredible analysis and insight into our current moment. “New World Order: The Return of Hard Power and Sof...

he one and only Slavoj Zizek published a piece on Network States and of course I had to read it and share it with you all. It’s normally behind a paywall on his Substack but was put on Fileverse by recent guest Naomi for all to read. Check out the article on Fileverse here. I really want to know who is in Zizek’s ear talking about crypto stuff so much that he knows what DAOs are… If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like ...

Airdrops were once seen as a harbinger of cryptocurrency based abundance and are now seen often as an incentive to invite peoples’ worst tendencies when done poorly. But seldom are the effects of airdrops on actual communities written about. In part is the difficulty of the conversation needed when navigating a myriad of money traumas that exist in a group. It may be “free” money but perhaps there is still a price to be paid. And so gather 'round, let me tell you a story of seven friends...

I’ve been pretty lucky in my time in crypto, I’m proud to say that I’ve never had any crypto stolen from any of my wallets *knocks on wood*. I think part of the reason is that I came to this world in a time where one of the dominating narratives was “not your keys, not your wallet” and it was imperative that you stay extra vigilant. I’ve always been pretty conservative with the messages and transactions I sign and the amount of degen activity I engage in. But this time I was very close to get...

You can listen to an audio version of the article by becoming a patron on Patreon. Preface: I was sitting in the coworking space at Zuconnect in Istanbul thinking I should maybe write about connecting Daft Punk to crypto when at that moment the song “One More Time” started playing through my headphones. I took this as a sign from the divine that this needed to be written. So here it is.“We create our own rules, so everyone can create their rules, which means there are no rules anymore.”

Happy New Year comrades! With 2022 coming to a close, I wanted to take this time to go over some of the highlights for me the past year. It’s been an incredibly eventful year, not just for the crypto world, (for better or for worse) but for my weird internet persona as well. So, in case you haven’t achieved the parasocial relationship that I’ve been subliminally cultivating with you over social media that I need to survive in the “Creator Economy”, here’s a recap. Some pretty big interviews, ...

Image produced through MidjourneyI left my crypto on a centralized exchange And then the prices took a tumble I lost a lot of money And it really made me grumble I should have kept my coins in my own wallet Where I would have had complete control But instead I entrusted them To an exchange that took my toll I believed the good Mr. Bankman And all of his effective altruism I don’t know why I thought that a billionaire Would understand the ills of capitalism When you leverage your clients funds...

On November 20th, 1936, José Buenaventura Durruti died from bullet wounds received while leading a counterattack in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. He was considered a working class and military hero, having been a prominent leader of the FAI (Federación Anarquista Ibérica), the more radical wing of the CNT (Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores), which was a confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions in tacit alliance against the Nationalists, who were supported by Nazi Germany a...

In this episode, I talk with Adina Glickstein — Master’s student in Media Studies under Nathan Schneider at UC Boulder and editor-at-large at Spike Art Magazine — whose recent Compact Mag article, The Rise and Fall of Urbit finally gave me the excuse to talk about Urbit on the podcast. We unpack what Urbit is trying to be (although many don’t seem to agree), its creator Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug, philosopher of the alt-right), and how its governance structure mirrors his anti-democra...

About a month ago I spoke at Dappcon about Solidarity Primitives we’ve been building at Bread Cooperative. Before my talk, Naomi Oba gave her own wonderful presentation titled Crypto Culture and its Discontents that unknowingly set the stage quite well for mine so I had to ask her on the podcast. We discussed the issues with crypto culture including obsession with quantification and financialization, and how to feel emotions instead. Naomi also helped write the Sapphire Punk manifesto, an exp...