Archive - Three quarks

Seven Reflections for the End of 2023

Dec 31, 2023 •

September 2023

The Proto-App Thesis

Why the next great wave of apps is already upon us

Sep 7, 2023 •

June 2023

Economics of Love

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

Jun 22, 2023 •

March 2023

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

Mar 14, 2023 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

Go Fork Yourself

Internet-native governance with Packy McCormick and Luca Prosperi

Aug 5, 2022

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 •

March 2022

We're All Marxists Now

Could the web3 era of mass hyperfinancialization, anti-regulation, and artificial scarcity actually be... Marxist?

Mar 25, 2022 •

People are the New Platforms

In web3, platforms succeed by becoming protocols—which means people succeed by becoming platforms.

Mar 23, 2022 •

a year in review

Mar 18, 2022 •

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