Three quarks

Persuasion Markets: A Manifesto

Why opinions are the internet's next big native market

Jul 18 • 

David Phelps

19

December 2024

The Fat App Thesis

Why the upside is in apps

Dec 31, 2024 • 

David Phelps

26

June 2024

The Social App Thesis

Why every winning onchain app will be social

Jun 17, 2024 • 

David Phelps

19

1

December 2023

Cosmic Timing

Seven Reflections for the End of 2023

Dec 31, 2023 • 

David Phelps

12

September 2023

The Proto-App Thesis

Why the next great wave of apps is already upon us

Sep 7, 2023 • 

David Phelps

31

6

June 2023

Economics of Love

On Kenneth Koch's "One Train May Hide Another"

Jun 22, 2023 • 

David Phelps

8

6

March 2023

Bailout Brink

The Tale of Two Bank Collapses, Or, How I Got Here

Mar 14, 2023 • 

David Phelps

77

December 2022

10 crypto predictions for 2023

10 predictions for what will be an incredible year for technology and probably a terrible year for finance.

Dec 31, 2022 • 

David Phelps

21

2

November 2022

Where Are We? Part II: The Cost of Being Right

What's happening in crypto is nothing new—it's a tale as old as 1848.

Nov 22, 2022 • 

David Phelps

33

1

August 2022

The Case for Modular Maxis

Blockchains are defined by two qualities—they're sovereign, and they're permissionless. But are they mutually exclusive?

Aug 11, 2022 • 

David Phelps

22

2

Go Fork Yourself

Internet-native governance with Packy McCormick and Luca Prosperi

Aug 5, 2022

8

May 2022

Context Disruption

The greatest trick the bull market pulled was making us believe that entertainers abusing their power meant, somehow, that they were standing up against…

May 25, 2022 • 

David Phelps

13