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We continue our exploration of collective intelligence and tools for wisdom in a conversation with Charles Broskoski, one of the many co-founders of Are.na.

Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge. It's a thinking-space for "connected knowledge collectors" and self-directed learners. Are.na aims to help users build up the "muscle" of recognition for what Charles calls "nodal points": this information, this image, this idea, this impulse is important to me! 

Join SpaceXponential & Charles in a dynamic conversation that delves into Are.na's genesis; how Are.na and its philosophy distinguish themselves from the general "tools for thought" space; the importance of striking the fruitful balance between the role of software and the role of the user; the unique elements accounting for the magic of Are.na; and why Charles is feeling optimistic during this time of great challenge. This conversation was a real treat.

To see the Twitter thread referenced, see here.

For more, visit Are.na's website and blog. Charles' website is here.

We continue our exploration of collective intelligence and tools for wisdom in a conversation with Fabian Wittel, co-founder of Napkin. 

"Collect ideas. See Connections. Free Your Mind." Napkin is not just a new note-taking app. It aims to be a digital garden of inspiration, a beautiful space in which human beings can unfold their creativity and curiosity.  

Join SpaceXponential & Fabian in a delightful conversation that delves into Napkin's genesis; its unique, playful UI and the experiences it cultivates in users; the need for beauty in software design; metaphoric or poetic perception; and AI/Natural Language Processing's role in facilitating human creativity.   

For more, visit Napkin's website and Twitter.

Join moderator @AlexMexicotte with panelists @Jayislate and @jaesmail for a special live episode hosted at MCON covering tokenized communities, platformless quests, and web3 social.

In this live panel episode recorded at MCON, Jay and Jihad talk about tokenized communities, platformless quests, and web3 social. Join us this week for some gigabrain and spicy takes on the most important aspects of running web3 communities.

Join @julia_pepper23 & @AlexMexicotte as they dive into:


Grand Leisure Launch by @Poolsuite
DeFi Credit Score by @arcxmoney
Squad Properties by @creatorcabins
Governance Fail by Fei and Rari
Centralization Worries with Ethereum Merge

Show Notes:


Argentine Province Accepts Stablecoins for Taxes
Resignation of Economy Minister Drives Premium Pricing for USD-Pegged Stablecoins
Meta NFT Feature for Facebook and Instagram
Validators Running on Cloud Providers

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Join @SpaceXponential & @AlexMexicotte as they dive into:


@UnlockProtocol and @Superfluid_HQ Partnership
@moonbirds, @kevinrose and CC0 Ultra Deep Dive

Show Notes


Superfluid/Unlock
Moonbirds moving into CC0
Community backlash
Matthew Ball - Disney, IP, and "Returns to Marginal Affinity"

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Forefront's Web3 Creator Residency has launched its 2nd cohort of Resident Creators:

Kabuki (Residency game plan)

Nico (Agartha Village Figma)

d3mo (yh⁴ project)

This is the last Open Studio of Forefront's first W3CR! This Monday, our Resident Creators Nico, Kabuki and d3mo gathered to look back on the past four weeks, ideate on what their ideal Residency would look like and tackle the core 

Listen in on the W3CR Open Studio now:


We revisited the question of the essential elements of a Creator's ecology, asking the Resident Creators, "what do you absolutely need to enable you to create?"
Nico thrives on tasting a variety of different experiences and cultures and surfing the Google search engine to drink up knowledge! Though Nico had never thought of building in public as essential to her ecology, she now sees that it provides an invaluable "sanity check" to help creators sense if they are in touch with the world.
Kabuki stresses the importance of IRL interactions to his creator ecology. IRL gatherings hit different than Zoom calls, because the effort one takes to travel, to dress properly (vs dressing from just the shoulders up!), deepens the felt impact/significance of our eventual encounter with others. 
d3mo posited that his ideal Residency would include an IRL element, after which an intriguing jam sesh was sparked on why it is so difficult for creators to come together to collaborate. d3mo thought that lack of structure, discipline and time/money were factors.
Kabuki believes the coordination nut is hard to crack chiefly because of the lack of a common language and the difficulty of listening selflessly to what is coming out of the collective. (Indeed, you will likely realize that you were never taught how to practice or execute these "skills" that are so germinal to social life.)

Note: we have published the audio/video as originally recorded on the Riverside.fm platform; please excuse any hiccups as we build in public!