Sam Flanagan

happy new year ⚡🤝 today I pressed "publish" on a new project. Hypersocial_ is a space for wondering what it really means to build technology in service of humanity. I hope you'll check it out... subscribe? share?!: hypersocialxyz.substack.com/p/hypersocial_

(the one-eyed pirate cat is thriving. we went from a 20% survival rate to a playful, growing kitten in 48 hrs! the lack of things i accomplished last week = worth it)

i don't think there's one right answer, but I wrote up my thoughts discomforts worth preserving, here: hypersocialxyz.substack.com/p/hypersocial_….

this adorable baby cat showed up outside my door last week & it actually gave me a lot of thoughts about friction & emerging tech. ie: what do we actually want to automate vs. what is still worth doing the hard way?

🌺 Hyperpresence, Talking Plants, & Raising a Small Person in the Age of AI; (the infrastructure that creates the space for presence is often technological): open.substack.com/pub/hypersocia…

"What is the difference between Gina the talking dandelion and an AI stuffed animal? Why does one make me feel like I’m giving my son the world and the other genuinely freak me out?" <-- I'm trying to figure it out.

If we’re all afraid to discuss what we actually want, how can we build for it? open.substack.com/pub/hypersocia…

📣@web3ownersclub is featured in one of our favorite crypto newsletters, @w3b3forgood! For over four years now, @samflan and @Abeers123 have been spotlighting quality projects that work toward a better world through crypto👏 Check out their latest edition in comments👇

@ColeenChase @Abeers123 thank you!! we're always extra grateful for your support 💛💛

Congratulations @samflan & @Abeers123 on this 4-year anniversary! 🎉 I appreciate your always insightful work on my fave Friday read: This Week in Web3 for Good. 👉One example from this week's issue is the UN Women webinar: Making Digital Public Infra Work for Women & Girls

@deeparocks @Abeers123 thank you! we need to catch up sometime soon, would love to hear more about what you're doing with AI

@samflan @Abeers123 thanks for being our incredible partner during the impact dao phase. congrats on turning 4

happy 4th birthday to Web3ForGood 🥳 In March 2022, @Abeers123 & I started this newsletter because we believed that emerging tech could make the world a better place. That belief hasn't changed, but almost everything surrounding it has.

A lot has changed in crypto over the last 4 yrs, but one thing hasn't... Every Friday morning, I grab a coffee, fire up my computer, and read my favorite newsletter: Web3ForGood ☕️📰 @samflan & @Abeers123 of @w3b3forgood have been a huge inspiration to me (@DWSimon), to Crypto Altruists, and to the broader crypto impact community 💚 They've been incredible partners and have had a profound impact on our journey! We wouldn't be where we are today without their partnership, support, and inspiration! 🤝 So cheers, and happy 4th birthday to Web3ForGood! 🥂🎂

@Crypto_Altruism @Abeers123 @w3b3forgood @DWSimon 💚💚 thank you! Thank you!! It’s wild it’s been 4 years! We are always grateful for your support !

🌍 This Week in Web3ForGood web3forgood.substack.com/p/this-week-in…

🌍 This Week in Web3ForGood, we're sharing our reflections on 4 years of writing about crypto -- what's changed, what's stayed the same, how we feel. Plus, we've shared a list of links from the OG March 2022 newsletters (including toilet paper NFTs). Link below 👇

🌍 This Week in Web3ForGood web3forgood.substack.com/p/this-week-in…

🌍 This Week in Web3ForGood - 🧠 brain computer interfaces & blockchain -⚖️ prediction markets and war - 🔋abundance assets + new jobs, events, on our radar, & more 👇

"The question AI is asking each of us, with enormous power behind it, is the same question the contemplative traditions have been asking for millennia: What do you actually want?”" intimatemirror.substack.com/p/the-human-al…

If we are going to build interfaces between minds and machines, we also need to be building systems that verify the origin of thought. 👇 hypersocialxyz.substack.com/p/blockchain-f…

@ColeenChase @w3b3forgood ☺️❤️

Love starting my Friday with a coffee & @w3b3forgood 💚🌱⬇️

🌍 This Week in Web3ForGood: web3forgood.substack.com/p/this-week-in…

🌍 This Week in Web3ForGood - 🌱 Stablecoins as governance tech, not just payment rails - 📊 Stablecoins under real world constraints, as documented in the latest @MCSocialVenture report - ✨ Speak & hack @FundingCommons in a few weeks - lots of @ethereumfndn news & more 👇