I like experimenting on myself and my friends, when they consent. (Thank you fellow lab rats in lab coats!) Engagement games, operator error as signal, collective decision making, token velocity, agent workflows, playing cards~
When someone believes in a tool, whether AI, crypto, cloud, or containers, it feels like trying to eat a piece of pie with too much whipped cream on top. Where’s the damn fruit?
A pen can write a post card, or it can sign a legal contract. Crypto can enable faster automated transactions, or it can record provenance. AI can automate decisions, or it can tutor for new skills. Everything isn’t a nail, when you’re holding a hammer.
Ever since we started Chones, in March 2023, it’s felt like consistent digestion. Where’s the nutrients? What are we learning?
Curation > Reach
We’re going to have infinite apps with access to the infinite internet. The feed is already useless for converting sales, users, customers and clients. It’s just too noisy. We need curation to find signal.
Attention > Rare
Since everything can be fractionalized and made fungible, what is rare is no longer exclusive. What holds attention over time is the most attractive, because value compounds instead of diluting.
On Legibility
When we consider using tools, and not get all hung up on belief or attachment to one or another, it’s easier for me to understand effective use of tools if I look closer at what or whom I’m trying to reach and why.
If I want humans to show up to my party, then I’m going to use tools that are slower and higher effort, like calling someone on the phone and asking them if they have any food allergies.
If I want to automate some of my finances, I’m going to give an AI agent a crypto wallet and some serious parameters. (For now, only do this if you have tokens to burn.)
If I have a SaaS that’s distributed globally, then I hire an attorney to help me incorporate in an optimal jurisdiction.
In earlier DAO experiments, the idea was to keep governance internet based, and then only interface with legal, financial, people, etc, where those parts actually interact. Apply that everywhere.
Nebulous organizations can respond to needs based on legibility. Who or what do you want to do what, and why? How do you get that outcome? What tools serve these goals?
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