1 Casmir Patterson @askcasmir is a brilliant entrepreneur who is working at the edge of Digital Fashion and NFT in the domain of Sneaker Culture with her firm @nftyco
2 This may be one of my most exciting episodes to date as it covers digital culture, NFT, Metaverse, Art, sneakerheads, design, intellectual property.
3 Casmir was instrumental in convincing me that the digital/symbolic was the superior domain to store value and make value attribution
4 This conversation touched on Buddhism, impermanence, the two definitions of "worn" (worn as in wearing a sneaker and worn as in worn out)
5 And the migration to multiversal digital consensual reality which is mathematically free of entropy and the microscopic flaws of the real world.
6 If you understand the conversation at the deeper level you will understand it to be a conversation about freedom, what it is and where it comes from.
2 Was speaking to a friend who formerly worked on the International Space Station ISS. Well not literally "on" the station. But he worked on that project while on earth.
3 His insight was that SpaceX was at the time largely being funded by "F--k You" money aka very very wealthy individuals
2 DarkSide is responsible for an attack that caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down 5,550 miles of pipe, stranding countless barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on the Gulf Coast. DarkSide cybercrime gang earns $15 billion in annual revenue.
3 First surfacing on Russian language hacking forums in August 2020, DarkSide is a ransomware-as-a-service platform that vetted cybercriminals can use to infect companies with ransomware and carry out negotiations and payments with victims.
1 The degen movement has been the source of many activities that have ranged from concerning to consterning.
2 as a subtribe of DeFi it is prone to deliberately provocative coordination such as Gamestop and Dogecoin
3 From the BUILDL perspective it can seem childish and even at times self-destructive, as it can involve malignant market manipulation and questionable "leadership" ethics and regulatory postures.
1 How to start with cryptocurrency a guide for the beginners in your life.
2 First step. Realize that this is a multi decade journey like the creation of the consumer Internet and that we are all still early. Very very early. Relax.
3 Ok how to start? Start small. Take an amount that you can imagine throwing into the Grand Canyon.