An AI paper came out a few days ago suggesting that it can determine what you are typing simply by *listening* to your key strokes
with 95% accuracy (if recorded via smartphone)
or 93% accuracy (if recorded over zoom)
genuinely wtf, future is already wild
A PFP can be just that - an image file used as a profile picture.
It can be a lot more too, though -- an entry into a world, a universe, a story.
We reversed the script and built a community first before releasing a PFP, and have been intentional about delivering a high quality work of art that people will be proud to hold and use.
In addition to the artwork, considerable time and effort has been spent on building a body of Lore to help flesh out the universe in which our PFPs exist in.
Lore adds depth and emotional connectivity to art, and to a community, and ours has been pieced together bit by bit to tell a engaging and compelling narrative.
While it's true that we're not trying to be an IP company, we're not trying to be the next Disney, we're not building a metaverse, or creating a game... that doesn't mean we can't have fun, or create a backdrop from which our holders can expand the universe from, if they so desire.
We're setting the lines, and the community can color the pages in, however they like.
I can't wait for people to enjoy the magic of August.
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Thanks to @punk6529 and @0xMLow for kicking off these thoughts; I asked the question, and then got to thinking how I would answer it myself.
Would love to hear from others what your favourite books are too 🫡
19/ The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Erik Jorgenson
I read this earlier this year, and it's word-for-word one of the best books I have ever read. Full of sage advice about our modern world and how to find wealth + happiness.
18/ Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
One of the smartest people of the last 100 years; also one of the funniest, and most interesting, and best educators.
It's rare when a genius is ALSO a genius at explaining complex topics -- Feynman was top of class at both.
17/ The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Genes are so important to who we are, and this is a really great book breaking down the history of when they were discovered, how we have thought about them over the years, and where we might be headed.
16/ No Mud, No Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh
A wonderful little book that highlights how we can only feel joy and happiness and appreciate beauty because of the sadness and suffering we experience and that exists.
It's all relative.
15/ Willpower by Roy Baumeister & John Tiernay
Nice to read in conjunction with a habit book -- Willpower plays such an enormous role in our lives, and is crazily misunderstood.
TLDR: you have a finite amount of willpower each day, and it depletes every time you make a decision
14/ Atomic Habits
There are lots of great books out there on Habits, and this is one of em. Highly worth reading one of the habit books, especially if you actually want to improve your life and build better habits.
13/ The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
This is just one of the most fun, light-hearted, easy-to-read, page-turning books I have read in a long time.
A pleasure to read, and to re-read. Another one I wish there was 10,000 pages of (the sequels are great, thankfully!)
