Listening back, I was quite surprised by how much ground we covered in this, the first edition of iO Hangs. I want to express my thanks to the members of the Telegram group who made it so enjoyable and interesting!
Here are a couple of comments on and expansions of the main themes:
Roberto Bolano’s 2666
Certainly my favourite Bolano, and probably one of my favourite novels of all if I’m honest.
Blake Butler’s essay on Bolano (which, more specifically, is a review of Woes of the True Policeman) is here:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5gw4nd/considering-roberto-bolao-woes-of-the-true-policeman
This is the paragraph I read out, and which I still think about very often. So, thanks Blake:
Web 1, web 2, web 3… web ∞
Lucas dropped this useful diagram into the Telegram group chat:
And there followed a slew of great links:
https://medium.com/fabric-ventures/what-is-web-3-0-why-it-matters-934eb07f3d2b
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6rKUf9DWRI
and
And before I forget:
https://twitter.com/js_horne/status/1429273356348661760?s=20
KlimaDAO
KlimaDAO came up, and I wish that I had been able to say more about it! DYOR peeps:
https://klimadao.medium.com/klima-dao-internalizing-durable-carbon-cb2220cc3899
The end of ethereum?
‘What happens when eth becomes obsolete?’ asked [cloud emoji]. This made me think of David Rudnick’s Exodus 2:
https://twitter.com/David_Rudnick/status/1400205296446980106?s=20
And y’know what, it seems appropriate to end there. Laters!