I’ve been known to host a great party. But my story is deeper than its illustrative cover. IRL gatherer on internet art side quest @TSC_Agency 🎟️ @RELICSxyz 🎧
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The problem has no solution. Time spent together doesn’t bounce back.
Add it to bygone behaviours: shopping in stores, having many children, moving all day, finding information at the library, spending life outdoors.
Convenience evaporates the friction required to feel wholly human.
Casual gathering must become a formal habit. Most will ignore the requirement. Capitalism will sell it back to them. Status will accrue to those who practice it.
There is no path back to yesterday, however much our modern lives might need one.
Jordan Kallman retweeted
Highest grossing movie on Polymarket is MISPRICED
A Minecraft movie is leading as if it has no competitors, but Avatar 3 is much closer than it seems. Fortunately, we can profit on this inefficiency
Why do i think so?
For starters, I compared the new Avatar with the previous part:
> Avatar 2 release date: 16 Dec 2022
> Avatar 3 release date: 19 Dec 2025
Timing is similar, so let's check the gross now
> Avatar 2 gross: $401m
> Avatar 3 gross: $?m
$401m is a rock bottom for the new Avatar to which we should add this facts:
- cumulative inflation over 3 years exceeds 6%
- Avatar 2 competed at the box office with films such as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Spider-Man: No Way Home, while Avatar 3 has virtually no rivals in its genre
- James Cameron has stated that Avatar 3 will be the most daring part of all and may even be the last, which will significantly fuel fans' interest
However, last factors are difficult to assess, and for fairness' sake, we will only add 6% from inflation:
> Avatar 3 projected gross: $401m+6% = $425m
> A Minecraft movie gross: $423m
Now let's take a look at Polymarket's odds:
> A Minecraft movie - 95% to win
> Avatar 3 - 3% to win
If you ask me, the market is really wrong here. I'm not saying that Avatar will definitely win, but it will certainly be a serious contender
My strategy:
- buy Avatar YES shares on 2-3% range
- sell gradually from 20% to 100%
- buy a mansion in France from profit
It will be an interesting competition.
this project has been a great lesson: a new network grows faster when it’s strongly branched from an existing, thriving network. and you really need to look to spot the networks flourishing most wildly
having a lot of fun lighting up the music culture frontier in such a big virtual world
“ .. digital 3D life is alive and well.”
“Roblox has approximately 720M monthly engagement hours vs Spotify’s 512M hours.” 🤯
h/t @RELICSxyz crushing the music network within the Roblox universe. @JordanKallman @Darlington 🫡
Jordan Kallman retweeted
My god, this paper by that open ai engineer is terrifying.
Everything is about to change.
AI super intelligence by 2027.
Say it now, tell them how much they matter, it changes everything
In this episode (Ep. #288) of The Drive, I speak with Walter Green. We discuss embracing mortality, intentionality, prioritizing relationships, focusing on others, and the mindset of “finishing strong.”
bit.ly/3OsK1tu
It was a first class ticket on this rolling fun machine 🎟️
On the plane back from @beeple’s Cryptopunks event and truly feeling inspired and motivated AF. The energy and vibes were immaculate as expected.
There’s no comparison for these belly to belly experiences to forge the online relationships we’re all creating here. So many legends in one room and I feel grateful to have been a part of it.
It’s wifey and my 7 year anniversary today and in 8 weeks we’ll be welcoming our first daughter. Sadly this might be the last IRL event for a bit but I couldn’t be happier for the chance to hug and see old friends while making new friends and relationships.
Feeling blessed. Punks for life.
"Curiosity is the key to all four steps in doing great work: it will choose the field for you, get you to the frontier, cause you to notice the gaps in it, and drive you to explore them. The whole process is a kind of dance with curiosity."
explorations at the frontier, in the expansive land of culture
DJ @SteveAoki and @relicsxyz have teamed up to create the Idol III, an NFT-based music player for the metaverse. Relics' @jordankallman shares why they're building digital jukeboxes for virtual spaces. decrypt.co/140244/why-relics…
Only one NIA pokémon left to capture! Thanks for the shout out on the pod today @TrungTPhan - my shoulder-length hippy hair does need a cut. @bzaidi pony up your futurist barber so we can boss battle
Jack, banger of a party in LA. Thanks for the ✔️s
not investment advice (NIA), ep 105
— Why we fell for The Pope Coat
— A breakdown of MidJourney
— Jack’s recent NFT tour
— How the invention of the camera changed art
Check it out: youtu.be/BfvPVmcBd7Q
Feelin’ that anger. Seeking a solution to the 4-hour evening vice to get back to perfect days. Have funds, will pay.
On Pausing Alcohol
"Always carry a flask of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake." -- W. C. Fields
About six months ago, I stopped drinking alcohol. I feel much better, and I’m mad as hell about it.
I never really drank through my 20s and 30s, but grew to really enjoy whiskey through my 40s, coincident with “Mad Men”, and roughly a thousand academic studies that proved that alcohol is actually good for you. Win/win!
I had read that the sure sign of an alcoholic is someone who drinks at night, by himself, at home, so I decided to only drink at night, by myself, at home.
I was even scurrilously quoted as saying “the perfect day is 10 hours of caffeine followed by 4 hours of alcohol”, which I did indeed say, and which is still indeed true.
Unfortunately, in recent years, it’s become clear that most or all — probably all — of the scientific studies on the benefits of alcohol are fake, the scientists unwitting or witting victims of selection effects. As Michael Crichton says, “wet streets cause rain”, or rather wet streets don’t cause rain. It turns out that sick people often don’t drink, or subjects just lie to researchers about their consumption outright. There go the studies.
It is now pretty definitively clear that no amount of alcohol is good for you. Andrew Huberman recently summed this conclusion up on his podcast; the topic made me so enraged I never listened to the episode, but I did read the notes.
Andrew says “the best amount of alcohol to drink is no alcohol” — imagine someone who both hates and loves humanity that much.
Since I stopped drinking, I feel much better. I don’t need as much sleep, but my sleep is better. I’m more alert through the day. I’m cogent and focused at all times. I have more energy when I exercise, and it’s easier to control my diet.
It’s great, and I am super mad about it.
I feel like the color has drained out of my evenings[*]. Spending time with people is still fun, but now it’s hard to sit still and watch a movie or read a book and unwind at the end of a hard day. I’m more prone to just work until bedtime. Grump grump grump.
Frankly, I don’t know what Elon is doing farting around with cars and rockets and Twitter, why doesn’t he solve THIS problem[**].
And one of these days, I am going to get deeply, seriously, hammered.
But not today!
[*] A lot of people I know are substituting cannabis or hallucinogens for alcohol. I’m not, I won’t touch any of those things — a topic for another time.
[**] I’ve been trying all the alcohol free whiskeys, wine, and beer. So far, no luck on the whiskeys. For wine, Sovi is pretty good. For beer, there are quite a few good choices; I’ve become partial to Hopwtr, which is zero calorie hop-flavored sparkling water. I’m still not drinking either at breakfast, though I am tempted.
⚡️ quintessential example of token ticket potential, the next innovation frontier for live events
OK lots of words coming
In short, the live events ecosystem is broken. Blockchain can help
a🧵on IRL and also the Microcosms drop from @CoinDesk for Consensus
There are two types of blockchain faithful: the Gamblers, who pray at the altar of speculation, and the Gambits, making the “you’re crazy” sacrifice for the timeless belief it changes everything. Even if Mario’s right, and it’s a 1-in-10 creative shift miracle, I’ll pay the tax
It has been a strange, confusing week in crypto. I tried to make sense of what's going on and what it means.
generalist.com/briefing/the-…
The downstream effects of this shift will radically change how we value our lives, our gatherings, and the communities that we participate in. Technology transforms culture
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