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Web3: The Read Max Report
An idiosyncratic and highly biased explainer/glossary/burn book/reading list about the technological-cultural phenomenon known as web3 and its associated philosophies, fandoms, and scams (SUBSCRIBERS ONLY)
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Intelligent, reasonable, and thought-provoking articles, essays, columns, Twitter threads, and YouTube videos about A.I., collected into something like an “A.I. syllabus.”
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