#692 | Season 3, Joy Howard & Lonely Apes 💔
It certainly feels like we’re in a transformative phase of web3 right now — making it the perfect time for disparate ingredients to catalyse into life — whilst recognising any successful evolution is based on an ability to self-organise and responsiveness to change.
For the Protein Community, our first two seasons have shown we have a highly capable and creative community that cares deeply about using web3 for good; a global network of kickass experts whose combined force knows no bounds; a forward-looking set of investors who see the opportunity and a $PRTN token that powers our internal economy and gives ownership to our members.
So, for our Season 3, we’re moving from theory into practice to begin building Good Growth 🌱
It’s the first Friday of the month, so that can only mean one thing …
If it was ever in doubt, Joy Howard is badass (make sure you listen to the end)
Meet the world’s first synth-nerd supergroup
Wait, there are NFTs hidden in Netflix's latest hit series?
Aydelotte Foundation on an alternative to education institutions
A worthwhile read on NFTs and the risk of perpetual colonialism
Some summer cabin goals …
The 2022 State of Crypto Report for a16z is the one thing to read this month
As is this analysis of NFT collections based on profitability
Mirror has launched Writing NFTs
Bella Hadid is cloning herself
Food + Fashion go hand in hand 🤝
Precog are doing an Issue #6 launch event in Brooklyn
MX is the new UX
Gucci goes deeper into gaming
Everything Everywhere All At Once looks epic, has anyone watched it yet
Instagram is in its flop era
The story behind the Indexed Finance hack
First ustwo, then Good, is this the start of an ownership model for agencies?
Web3 decentralisation is focusing on the wrong question
Do we need a United Nations for social DAOs?
Lowtech Magazine runs on solar power 🌞
channel.xyz have released their new roadmap
A long, but incredibly informative report on designing token economies
Google levels up Maps with Immersive View
Communities aren’t buckets, they’re clouds
VUCA is a new way to evaluate your DAO
Apple, Microsoft, and Google are teaming up to eliminate passwords
Can we create a moral metaverse?
Our Time on Earth is worth visiting at the Barbican in London
Alona Shevchenko from UkraineDAO on community mobilisation
The guy who designs NASA’s spacesuit patches
Newcoin’s updated white paper is worth a read
Kendrick Lamar goes deep fake and the story behind it
Water & Music’s 2021 NFT analysis
Lablaco is looking to help make fashion more circular
Are you a lonely ape? 💔
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