NFTs as foundational Metaverse infrastructure
However bullish you are on NFTs, you are wrong. You are insufficiently bullish. 1/ On NFTs 2030 However bullish you are on NFTs, you are wrong. You are insufficiently bullish. 6529 has gone to the mountaintop and there is almost nothing in life that 6529 is as sure of as this — 6529 (@punk6529) October 1, 2021 The
The Metaverse is Having a Moment
The biggest ideas in tech often lurch into the lexicon before they are truly coherent. This was the case with the ‘Metaverse’ and we’re just now beginning to see the emergence of the core infrastructural pieces catching up with the lexicon. The term ‘Metaverse’ comes from digital cyber-punk antiquity. Coined by the writer
The Next Computing Epoch
New technologies can create whole new industries. New technologies can, and often do, successfully disrupt and eventually overwhelm prominent firms, which have built their positions based on prior technologies. Technology cycles (or epochs) are often described as following a pre-determined or predictable trajectory. Progress is seen to involve a succession of epochs,
Introducing Gravity Fund
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Gravity Fund, a thesis driven early-stage Venture Capital firm, alongside my Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Adam Gruver. We’ll be investing in extraordinary entrepreneurs building bleeding edge technology on the brink of commercialization in four defined sectors: Consumer Marketplaces & Applications, Fintech & Crypto, Enterprise Software,
The Resistance Bio Investment Thesis
Drug resistance continues to be the principal limiting factor to achieving cures in patients with cancer. The problem of drug resistance in cancer has strong similarities to the field of infectious disease, in that both disciplines are challenged by highly proliferating intrinsic or extrinsic aggressors. As with antimicrobial therapy, the excitement that
DeFi – a Sovereign Financial System
Thomas Hobbes’ doctrine of sovereignty dictates complete monopoly of power within a given territory, and also insists on the fundamental equality of human beings. He maintains that the state is a contract between individuals; that the sovereign state owes authority to the will of those it governs and is obliged to protect