paradigms - Rhys Lindmark

Rhys Lindmark

paradigms

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Remembering James Carse

James Carse, the author of Finite and Infinite Games [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189989.Finite_and_Infinite_Games], passed away last week. I want to remember his legacy by revisiting his book and the impact it had on us. I have three points: I. Infinite Games Provided An

6 Frontier Movements

If you'd like to learn more about the Roote Paradigm, please check out Roote and apply to be a Roote Fellow by July 21. The goal of this article is to show how frontier movements relate to the Roote Paradigm. We'll fill out the table below

Defining Paradigms

What is a paradigm? They show up in many places as a "crucial concept", but are extremely abstract and difficult to grok. In today's article, I'll help you understand paradigms by defining their three sub-components. Then I'll use those components to help

Building Paradigms

This essay synthesizes responses to Marc Andreessen's recent piece: It's Time To Build [https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/]. I'll explore "vetocracy" as a root cause problem in government and "diminishing bits space" as a fundamental constraint in tech.

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

As part of DCI's efforts to "build a new field" [https://mitcryptocurrencyresearch.substack.com] (of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology), and as part of my personal interest in paradigm shifts, I recently read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61539.The_Structure_

Critiquing “Startup = Growth”

http://elisaturullols.com/growth-at-all-costs-by-elisa-turullols/Let’s critique @paulg [https://twitter.com/paulg]’s Sep 2012 essay “Startup = Growth” in our current context. Though it was “correct” at the time, I think it has socialized Growth Maximalism into Tech, which is bad for us. http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html [https:

GameB & ETHCommons

The goal of this article is to outline my upcoming crowdfunding experiment to be a Co-Steward of the Open-Source Ethereum Commons Co-op. Essentially: various people/projects will support me to facilitate cross-project collaboration. Why is that needed? We’ll get there by starting super abstract (with the macro system context)