Information acquisition syndrome is the irregular link list edition featuring my rabbit-trail readings. This week features … . Enjoy.
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5 Types of Web3 Communities
This article aims to provide a simplistic definition and classification of web3 communities.
Citizens United and the FTX meltdown
The great irony of the right’s incentives exceptionalism and its belief in unlimited political bribes is that it leads to the creation of a larger state. Allowing companies to bribe politicians and capture regulators fuels both corporate growth and corporate corruption.
An insightful read by digital activist and author Cory Doctrow on this mindblowing crypto disaster.
Tutorial: Identifying and retrieving data on the web
One of the most important differences between the centralized web and the decentralized web is the way we identify and retrieve data on each.
This is a short and helpful 5-part explainer on decentralized data.
Report: Web3 and communities at risk: Myths and problems with current experiments
I wrote about this last week. The report itself highlights the friction between promise and practice in Web3 experiments involving at-risk communities.
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