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Web3 Won't Save Twitter from Elon Musk
Mike Pearl

An open source, decentralized Twitter would be great — the platform's future under a billionaire sh*tposter is a different story.

Meet the Company Onboarding Celebrities to Web3
Jessica Klein

MoonPay has made it easier for millions of people to buy crypto. So what's the deal with them helping famous people buy JPEGs now?

In the Future of Fashion, Everyone Gets Paid
Greta Rainbow

Designers Jeremy Karl and Eugene Angelo want to live in a world where garment design is decentralized and creators own the fruits of their labor.

Second Life: The Proper Care and Feeding of a Metaverse
Mike Pearl

The rudimentary virtual world was imbued with life and meaning by its members. Can new metaverse projects say the same?

Alcoholics Anonymous, the 86-year-old DAO
Simon Hudson

With millions of members and thousands of autonomous groups, AA's "benign anarchy" has a lot to teach us about decentralized governance.

The MiniDisc is the Message: Unpacking David Rudnick's 'Tomb Series'
Jose Mejia

Eric Hu, Itzel Yard, Nic Hamilton, and other collaborators join the visionary designer to discuss Web3's most ambitious art experiment yet

Season of the Witch: An Oral History of Crypto Coven
Mary Carreon

The High Witches open up the project's unlikely beginnings, how they collectively conjured such a detailed world, and breaking the spell of the male gaze.

Haleek Maul Wants Artists to Build Wealth Together
Khalila Douze

The Bajan rapper sidestepped the exploitative streaming economy through NFTs. Now, he’s using the tools of Web3 to empower Caribbean and Afro-diasporic artists.

Proof of Steak: Building a Community-Driven Food Industry with Web3
Matt Newberg

Luxury NFT restaurants only scratch the surface of blockchain's potential to transform how we eat.

What Co-ops and DAOs Can Learn From Each Other
Austin Robey

The best framework for coordinating — and making a difference — may not be a choice between the two models, but a blend of both.

Imperfect Union: How ConstitutionDAO Lost Its Way
Drew Millard
Kevin Munger

17,000 people teamed up to a buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution. What happened taught us a lot about decentralized decision-making.

Distributed Dissidence: An Interview with Nadya Tolokonnikova
Yana Sosnovskaya

Pussy Riot provocateur speaks on building a decentralized movement before blockchains, how Web3 tech changes activism, and mistakes made trading NFTs.

Solvency: An Oral History
Jose Mejia

How a series of generative artworks gave way to one of 2021's most unique NFT communities, as told by the artist, technologist, and collectors who are a part of it.

Building an Inclusive World of Crypto
Kinjal Shah

The promise of Web3 is a brighter tomorrow, but that can only happen if it solves for the inequities of today

Better Living Through Networks
David Ehrlichman
Jose Mejia

In his new book, David Ehrlichman lays the ground rules for healthy and productive networked systems.

The Butterfly Effect: An Interview with Eric Hu
Jose Mejia

Fresh off the release of his debut NFT project Monarchs, the interdisciplinary artist reflects on evolving an on-chain practice, the value of digital art, and finding freedom through code.

Fractionalized Everything
Eileen Isagon Skyers

The implications of ownership in an infinitely divisible existence.

FWB Paris Zine
Ariel LeBeau
Ian Rogers
Maelstrom
Dexter Tortoriello

Ceci n'est pas un recap.

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