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Post #30: A Definition of Meaning
In order to measure how meaningful something is, it helps to have a definition of meaning* to measure against. I’m exploring a more formal definition of…
Sep 24, 2023
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August 2023
Post #29: Most Billionaires Aren't Meaningful
Here’s an analysis on the top 2,500 billionaires from 2022. It turns out that only 30% of the wealth held by billionaires represents a meaningful…
Aug 28, 2023
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Post #28: Munny's Notion + August 20th Creative Sesh
Howdy ho. Here’s a link to a Notion doc for munny.org. You can read the “Intro Post” there outlining the Munny project. Then you’ll see a page for the…
Aug 13, 2023
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July 2023
Post #27: we can do better than money. introducing Munny.
I’ve been writing these posts for a little over a year now. The gist has remained true to the name of “existential relevance.” Every topic explored or…
Jul 30, 2023
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June 2023
Post #26: Consuming The Future Through AI Simulations
We lack a shared vision for the future. While humanity inevitably shares a common future, we don’t have agreement on what that future should be. Our…
Jun 11, 2023
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April 2023
Post #25: CivTracker: Tracking Civilization's Pursuits
Hello, been a while. I continue to pursue my interest in how do we create a more “existentially relevant” civilization. Currently I’m working on a…
Apr 16, 2023
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Post #25: CivTracker: Tracking Civilization's Pursuits
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March 2023
Post 24: GPT-4's Take on Human Institutions
Happy Saturday. I wanted to see if I could express the ideas I’ve been exploring in this substack by prompting GPT-4. As it turns out, I can. I’ll let…
Mar 18, 2023
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Post 23: Single Purpose Tokens
TLDR; A simple interface that lets users tie the value of a digital token to a specific real world metric. For example, say you want to increase solar…
Mar 14, 2023
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February 2023
Post #22: NYC Exemplifies The Power of Decentralization
New York City is a project that started in the first half of the 17th century, with millions of people having chosen to contribute to it over the past…
Feb 28, 2023
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December 2022
Post #21: A More Meaningful Pitch
Problem: People don’t feel that their work is meaningful. Solution: A trusted list of meaningful work to pick from. The most common metric people use to…
Dec 11, 2022
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Post #20: The Pitch [draft]
Pitch feedback wanted. Comment it. Email me. Text me. Join the discord. Here’s an audio version of this project’s current elevator pitch: This planet…
Dec 4, 2022
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Post #20: The Pitch [draft]
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November 2022
Post #19: An 8 Billion Person Conversation
How do we determine a good decision for our civilization? I’ve often gotten hung up on this point as it seems like a tough question to answer. Knocking…
Nov 27, 2022
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