#59: From Winner Take All to Win and Help Win
An NFT experiment in Attribution+ and how the original vision of the Internet is making a comeback
Sari | May 10 |
#59: From Winner Take All to Win and Help WinAn NFT experiment in Attribution+ and how the original vision of the Internet is making a comeback
Hi, I’m Sari Azout and this is the the 59th edition of Check your Pulse, a tech and startups newsletter designed to make you feel human. Hello, friends. It’s been a while, and it’s also been WILD. And by that, what I mean to say is, since you last heard from me, I’ve had a collapsed lung, spent 14 nights in the hospital, undergone lung surgery at 25 weeks pregnant, and come out of the rubble more alive and with a mad deep appreciation for the things that humans (like ME) are capable of enduring. I think of that saying: a woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water—and actually yes. This past month I’ve felt very much like a tea bag in boiling-ass-hot water. But I’m back in business and I’ve got some fun things cooking up in the next few weeks. Today is no exception. Longstanding CYP readers know that I am a relentless optimist. I’ve long had a theory that we're sorely lacking in solutions journalism; that if we convert all of the journalism complaining about the status quo into positive inspiration and let it flow through the veins of the Internet, we might just change the world. Now it’s one thing to write about something, and an entirely different thing to live it.Which is why what I’m about to share is so cool. Today, I’m excited to publish an essay I co-wrote with my Internet friend Jad Esber: From Winner Take All to Win and Help Win: How the Original Vision of the Internet is Making a Comeback The catch? This will be the first ever experiment in Attribution+ where we not only cite sources of inspiration, but route economic value to them.In practical terms, this means we minted the essay as a NFT (here if you’re wondering what the hell that means), and the proceeds of the NFT sale will be split between the authors, the people that influenced the essay, and YOU (if you RT this with a comment and give me your ETH address). It doesn’t get more participatory than that! If Web2 was about social graphs—where a tagged photo connects the people who attended last night’s wedding—Web3 is about economic graphs, where a simple tag can route money to anyone who collaborated or participated in a project. Imagine the possibilities! Today, I encourage you to read the essay. Tomorrow, I’ll send an email before the NFT auction closes with details on how to participate, in case you’re interested in owning this piece of Internet history. I’ll also explain why you (or anyone) might want to own this thing. Crypto is hard, I know. My hope is to demystify it by showing real use cases beyond weird markets for JPEGs, and help you find meaning in the madness. That’s all for now. Let’s see how this goes. Internet, do your thang! 🔮 Sari If by now you didn’t read the essay, I gather you’re more of a get-to-the-takeaways person. The key insights, for you:
This got me like… WHOA 👇🏾 Solid business card design👇🏾 A really good collection of psychological tricks here
I like this, on effort 👇🏾 Can’t seem to find the original source, but this is good 💯👇🏾 If you’re wondering who’s behind this newsletter:My name is Sari Azout. I am a design-thinker, strategist, early stage startup investor at Level Ventures, and founder of Startupy. My mission is to bring more humanity and creativity to technology and business. Want more?Follow me on Twitter and Instagram. Thanks for being here! If you liked this post from Check your Pulse, why not share it? |
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