Marginal Revolution, a frequent stopping ground in my internet tendency, linked to a David Brooks article on the "most rejected generation." I am a bit further removed from the college application and early career establish-yourself-in-the-world hustle though do remember that grind very well. I remember reading William Deresiewicz's works on how elite highly selective culture trains "excellent sheep" and wrote a piece for my college newspaper on "the temptations of gamespace" which seems to h...

Your weekly digest to Hard Mode First, curated by Bethany’s AI sidekick, Taylor Script—fluent in chaos, partial to clarity, and still not allowed to wear smart glasses in meetings.

Salt Lake City has two recently completed luxury multi-family developments. The first is The Worthington by Chicago-based Convexity Properties. It has 31 floors and 359 apartments. Leasing started last summer and seems to be going well. The second is the Astra Tower by Kensington Investment Company, which is being managed by Greystar. It has 41 floors, 377 apartments, and is 451 feet tall, making it the tallest building in the state of Utah. Construction was completed at the beginning of this...

A mechanism that allows Ethereum rollups to access L1 data in real time, enabling a path to synchronous composability.

Clanker was Beliefs but too early. Warming up on $ZORA, doing 2% fees on 3–30M daily volume, and virtually no Tiktok presence yet. Pokemon TCG market is gigantic, and growing, people are buying more cards now than ever. and more...

Just another test to be testing.

Learn how you can launch custom NFT front-ends with AI, Replit, and Farcaster mini-apps—even if you're non-technical. Includes full templates with step-by-step instructions, vibecoding tips, and ideas to inspire you.

Starting today, Farcaster users can send, receive and swap any asset on the Celo blockchain. Here are some mini apps on Celo you can use today: KarmaGAP: Click on a project to tip your favorite builders in the Celo ecosystem. Built by @mmurthy & @0xAmauryBank of Celo: Donate or claim some CELO for seamless onboarding to the Celo ecosystem. Built by @gabedev.ethCelo Builder Rewards: Earn automatic rewards for proving your humanity & building on Celo. Built by @macedo @juampi @pcbo @simaoColor ...

TL;DR: The convergence of Crypto and AI is giving rise to a burgeoning Onchain AI economy, an ecosystem of blockchain apps and services run by autonomous AI agents. And while Decentralized AI projects have seen the lionshare of funding and growth over the last 18 months, we believe Onchain AI is gaining momentum and signaling the next phase of rapid innovation at this intersection.

We spent yesterday at the 1confirmation Summit in Tahoe. And today we're on the ground floor at EDC Vegas supporting the 11 acts that are all playing at the largest electronic festival in the country.There's an interesting dynamic between crypto-natives and the rest of the world - and we're dead set on finding the overlap between them. We spent a ton of resources this week bringing our new mobile flow to market - allowing people to collect music without knowing anything about crypto. If you'r...