The above image was made with stable diffusion using the prompt 'mysterious figure in center colorful computer code on right and majestic forest on left.'
Yesterday I put my new news search app online and then sent out a Substack newsletter about it. The app displays messages from the new WantToKnow Official Telegram group I created and right away one of our readers joined the group. If you're interested in participating, here's an invite link.
At the same time, an article of mine appeared in the latest edition of International Paneling. If the piece seems short it's because the editor cut the it nearly in half by deleting all of the article's social commentary. Although this was surprising, I didn't take it personally. The magazine's readers might not want to hear about how government at all levels is pushing us further and further into dystopia.
This past week, with my girlfriend out of town, I've been working kind of obsessively. In addition to my regular job, I've been catching up on projects that have been on the back burner for a while. I upped my python game, got to know a couple of APIs, and experimented extensively with gpt-4o. None of this left me feeling burned out. Instead it was invigorating and inspiring.
This week has also given me plenty of space for meditation and reflection. My professional life is good. My personal life is great. And yet, there are big changes taking place in both of these arenas. The future is more wide open than it's ever been, which is exciting, but also scary.
At the same time, society is deteriorating rapidly. Changing course appears impossible. Yet by harnessing the power of networks and various emerging technologies, it's now feasible to create a whole new society. One that exists alongside the establishment without being totally controlled by it. This is the society that the person I'm becoming will inhabit.
Meanwhile, I'm finally coming to terms with the lasting effects of pandemic on my social reality. There are a few people who I once counted as friends that I can't really talk to anymore. More generally, I no longer feel at all connected to environmental activism or the social justice crowd. Both areas now seem completely compromised by the control regime.
If I'm being honest, I've also been feeling alienated by the crypto community. Finance bros have colonized the space to an annoying extent. These days, people mostly think of crypto in terms of investments rather than as money. And my experience has been that developing crypto products is typically impossible without a bunch of specific information that isn't publicly available. Without accessible developer resources, great ideas don't get built, which is a major barrier to adoption.
One crazy idea I've been playing with while enjoying my solitude is figuring out a way to revive my Rstory token. I'd still like to have a page that connects to Anchor wallet and detects whether or not the user has at least one token in their wallet. If they do, they'd be able to read any of my scifi novels for free. I'd also like a page where RSTORY and EOS can be traded. We'll see if I can figure that out in the next week.
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