Some form of (secure, decentralized, robust) proof-of-unique-human is going to be a very valuable primitive for applications in the years to come. See vitalik.ca/general/2019/0… for a detailed argument for why it's a needed ingredient in robust governance mechanisms, for example.

In a piece exploring activism in the age of social media, Yassmin Abdel-Magied reminds us that social media can amplify movements, but it's not where they're born. Register to attend our State of Digital Rights Report launch here: australiaathome.com.au/upcoming-conve…

Curious about what cybernetics could mean for the 21st century and how we could use it to make a different kind of story about the future? 🤔 You'll find some clues in this piece by Genevieve Bell, out today in the new edition of Griffith Review! Read it here: griffithreview.com/articles/touch…

If you missed the MoneyLab GameStop debate on Zoom, here's the video recording. 90 people attended the lively discussion: vimeo.com/507592481

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also, here's a book i recommend for people with nontraditional career trajectories (full disclosure, it was co-written by a dear friend – that's how i discovered it! but it's awesome): Being Different Matters: The Jobseeker's Manual for the New Economy amazon.com/Being-Differen…

A few thoughts on the NFT fever dream for The Conversation University of Canberra theconversation.com/a-token-sale-c…

Reminder that Rafaël Rozendaal 🪑 and @miltos were selling websites as art using ICANN as a registry before anyone else. It's disappointing that none of these NFT articles mention this precedent.

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One of the strongest tools of a writer is her bibliography. So take a second to look over it and add your peers! Its not just a courtesy, its an investment.

Thrilled to share Lara Luna Bartley's zine 'The Invisible Hand', commissioned as part of Economythologies' rolling 2021 program! This work tells a story of the hidden networks, labour and care that sustain our economic present ✨✋🤚✨ economythologies.network/exhibition/the…

Today is 1st May, International Workers Day. We applaud platform workers and encourage all people to platform disobedience. For self-organization and resistance, the platform belongs to its workers. Thread 👇🏽#platformsworkers #WorkersDay

Thanks A.! I think you are the first person to see a physical copy of the book. Thanks for the pic!

Benjamin Bratton Please note that Many of us down under are calling the #nwo the #NWD (new world disorder)thanks for your attention on this #cyberfeminism economythologies.network economythologies.network

The 3rd day of the Institute of Network Cultures post precarity autumn camp. Geert Lovink: “we now finally have discussions at the root of our problem: what is money. This is what we do at moneylab” -we play and reconsider the alchemy of digital money. After geert, I will do a nft gambling workshop.

✧ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ This week we launched the EURO⁠—VISION platform! euro-vision.net & artandeducation.net/announcements/… It includes contributions from @EAAdare Jen Telesca Ndongo Samba Sylla/nssylla.bsky.social Adekeye Adebajo, Nii Ayitey Sackey, Solomon Sampa, Peo Hansen, Liam Campling & Stefan Jonsson

Great project. A timeline of #cryptoscams by Molly White . This year alone aready 8 rug pulls. If you don't know the term, there is handy glossary on the site. #web3 web3isgoinggreat.com

".Nancy Mauro-Flude and Yoko Akama reimagine the Internet as a feminist cosmos called a Feminist Server Stack. By scrutinising how webserver infrastructure is normalised based on imperial conventions and distorted knowledge systems, they suggest alternatives." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

“New Vectors from Xenofeminism  A defence of reasoning, which allows feminism to work at different scales of complexity.” New from Laboria Cuboniks lab.cccb.org/en/new-vectors…