I've asked this before, but what's a topic you wish you'd see more of on Farcaster? The more niche / esoteric, the better. (But replying, I'd imagine you might find a few other people who are interested in said topic.)
psychedelics, vc confessions (anonymous), alphas on new nft projects, research (moar pliz, a lot moar)
makeup tips specifically how to do smoky eye in less than an hour
history: across all timescales and ages. From 2010s social media to the rise of the coffee house in the 1600s
Storytelling, filmmaking , anime , comic books , art, fashion, culture and NFTs at the intersection of all of this.
Psychedelics, digital nomadism, Formula 1 and Fashion!
Contrarian discussion Not being contrary just to be contrary, but people with strong opinions that differ from the status quo discussing them with anybody who wishes to interact. Could be philosophical, could also be that you just don’t like pasta.
- crypto regulation learnings and discussion - crypto security learnings and discussion - crypto market news and discussion
Builders of irl culture + web3: What does graffiti + web3 look like? What does next restaurants + web3 look like? In general who is building for their on the ground communities through culture, enabled by web3
Interplay between Tech and Spirituality Generative art Esotericism and play between masculine and feminine energy Network States Procedural generation Worldbuilding Building the future Funny cats Great idea asking again Dan.
The ins and outs (regulatory, case studies, governance, etc) of implementing some form of community ownership as a business.
Product design & UX stuff. If that already exists, am I not following those people?
Abuse mitigation & anti-abuse in general Pickleball Optimizing personal finances (credit card points, seeking airline status, etc)
meditation, wellness, social retreats and meetups around the world. gig economy and freelancer strategies
Personal & Spiritual development Philosophy Biohacking Anime / Manga
The role of human psychology and the way its deep understanding can help shape culture/s for web3.
Solarpunk. Positive visions for the future. Web3 as a force for enabling 'everyone' to have a better life
Would like to see move coverage on AI daily launches/progress and discussion of the field in general. Also, more critical discussion on crypto fundamentals and a vision of the future. Additional to the undeniable decline of Big Tech. Btw, it feels great not having geopolitics all over my feed.
My q is: Do we have enough of a digital footprint on each of these users to predict these desires? Google sure does lol.. i wonder who else!
jk more seriously would love to learn more about plants / animals / non-human life forms
new products/apps people are trying and liking, non-fiction/papers/long-form pieces folks have learned a lot from (esp related to web3 but also AI, climate, other frontier science) for fun- fashion/art, fitness/wellness, things to do in nyc
I’m still trying to figure out my group and audience on here, but I’d like more non-work related conversation! We’re all prone to shop talk, but something about sociology and human/tribal behavior, observations, questions, thoughts
real time strategy games, snow sports, personal asset portfolio construction ^topics I usually go to Reddit for
Crypto quant ML finance but not technical analysis Crypto + macro + monetary policy
My fav topics: • the intersection of pop culture, nostalgia, and web3 • retro tech, nostalgic tech, retro futurism, and the evolution of technology • fashion as it pertains to identity, self-expression, and consumer behavior • examining the past through a contemporary lens • deep conversations about superfici
Coaching founders so they can coach their teams. Cohorts of eight founders could be a cool way to do this, meeting 2x month. Combo of promising practices + group learning.
Sailing. Deep jungle exploration. Deep ocean exploration.
- Art History specifically Dutch masters, how many Vermeers are actually real? - 14th century language evolution in olde English slang usage by female teenagers - Analysis of Caesar’s Commentaries - Central Asia centric history, most history is from western point of view - Lie Groups - Aleph numbers - Fucking Hege
Small scale agriculture, parenting, energy production, morality / meaning crisis, catastrophic risks
Dive Into niche Internet communities & tools ( LOT2046, are.na, ribbonfarm)
Web3 non-founder/non-eng support Web3 x healthcare Epigenetics Psychedelics Prioritizing mental health
The power users in my twitter feed are crypto, homesteading, orthodox Christian, and politics. Only crypto ppl on Farcaster.
- semiconductor historical analysis as a market - deep dive into SMR and low-latency NAND flash - architecture deep dive on RISC-V open instruction set - Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis - history and analysis on dying languages and their dialects - Meiji restoration comparison between British and French sources
- history of mass food production in the US - Monsanto company structure and food production deep dive - the Peloponnesian war - experimental haptics / olfactory designs in virtually simulated environments - geopolitical history of Central Asia and Middle East from a non western perspective in English (hard to find)
objective conversations on decentralised west vs centralised east - kinda like a follow up from Balaji's opinions on his recent Tim Ferris episode
Long term, potentially negative impact of web3 and how to mitigate it. How does mass adoption of web3 looks like with - 24/7 exposure to markets, - incentive engineering at every step, - with each click having financial consequences. What if incentives push us towards building Tiktok but supercharged with money?
Real life topic. We have too many crypto topic on Twitter already (feels like people has no real life, all in crypto 😂)
Practical tips for early stage founders! Less over-generalized “10 mistakes founders make” posts and more “here are the key SaaS tools were using” or “this is how we designed a notification strategy” 🙏🏼 Farcaster has the right users for this and it would speed up the learning curve for 1st time fou
Women’s health science (we get plenty of bio hacking based on male body science on Twitter and in tech pods so this is not as strange of a request as it might sound)
1. Global Macroeconomics 2. Inside VC - not fluffy low substance VC content but the real inner workings & strategy 3. Emerging science & hard tech 4. Comparative Mythology
Problem spaces that have struggled for the lack of better tools for coordination and incentives (e.g. public goods) that can be now reimagined with (curated) decentralization.
Lessons from web3 builders e.g., "We started using tool X and it helped us in Y". (But not in the pompous Twitter form ofc :))
- envisioning alternative futures - living technologies and systems - unfu*king the planet - conscious activism - art science - slow living - public goods and alternative economics - how to grow stuff / reconnect with nature
- Lifehacks - Internet rabbit holes outside of crypto - Books that influenced your thinking/actions - a bibliography of the mind - Psychology - More goofy social experiments - Internet history
The best poker tournaments happening across different NFT project discords ( ETH/SOL)
Novel incentive / mechanism design applied to Web 3 from non-Web 3 (e.g. gaming)
Business topics around bootstrapped SaaS, the mittelstand, and indie hacking learning about all the solid businesses that are doing well but no one talks about because they aren't sexy
Brain machine interfaces Neuroscience and brain scanning Deep tech focused on fresh water Deep tech focused on food production History of nations History of autonomous economic regions like Singapore, Hong Kong, Madeira Linguistics Medici family History of old cities (like Paris) Evolution of capital in the US
ccTLD domains and domain hacks (youtu.be, podca.st, etc.) jump rope tricks
learning and unlearning more of visakanv's content tiktok culture talk (trends and breakdowns)
More nuts and bolts details of how different operators work: how exactly does a specific company run specific processes, how do experienced operators think about and approach those things. Eg how a 10k employee business designs their incentives. Fabrication and materials science More book recommendations.
-Interesting small cap products/inventions/businesses -Comedy (jokes not memes) -Poetry/Philosophy
Cycling/cardio fitness and motivation Coffee brewing techniques Links/pointers for IRL events
the relationship between creativity and consciousness as we surf into something approximating the singularity