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Posted on Sep 09, 2021Read on Mirror.xyz

iO Hang #1: show notes

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

https://youtu.be/AnrlSqtpOkw

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

https://exodus-ii.folia.app/

And y’know what, it seems appropriate to end there. Laters!