Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The AI Is You
Venkat Rao’s essay on AI chatbots and personhood provides everything you need to know about the nature of humanity.
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Can crypto solve the $4 trillion SME financing gap?
The big question that I’ve been pondering of late is whether crypto can be a better technology for capital formation than existing options (e.g., banks, capital markets, non-bank financial intermediaries). Matt Sweet invited me to riff on this topic as part of the Yak Collective’s annual get-together. I’ve spent most of my adult life working…
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Favorite Books of 2022
My five favorite books that I read in 2022.
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On Music NFTs
Thoughts on why music NFTs are the epicenter of crypto-enabled business model innovation.
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Thinking on a tokenized investment vehicle
Thoughts on a blockchain-based pooled investment vehicle that could provide capital for financially excluded businesses in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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Is the Dollar Standard Ending?
Prophesies decrying the eschaton of the dollar have proven rash and delusional. Is this time different?
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Favorite Books of 2021
The best books I read in 2021.
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The DAO of (Risk) Capital
Thousands of strangers recently came together to bid on an original copy of the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s. I was one of them.
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NFTs and the future of African startup funding
Are NFTs the wedge that will unlock and accelerate capital flows to African startups at scale?
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End the Value-Extraction Economy
Last spring, an editor at one of the big newspapers asked me to send in an opinion piece if an idea hit me.
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Mike Casey 