Ven Gist is a philosopher of networks, designer of worlds. Researcher at The Open Machine which is a publication for the generation of experimental cultural and conceptual compliments to the decentralized web.

He's an early member of MetaCartel, an org which funded many projects to develop open source technology and experiment with DAOs. Now working on Guild Guild. A locus of coordination for Creating, Stewarding, Enabling, and Studying Guilds.

We talk about the open source movement. The historical context for where we are today. And what's coming up heading into 2025, where Ven is helping to stage Cosmolocal Playground in Amsterdam in the Spring.

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Sean Bradford is an artist, musician and creative technologist. Founder of ORIGIN STØRIES, a creative tech studio producing custom AI-powered tools for co-created experiences.

He's lived many lives. As a vocalist and recording artist signed to a major label. Performing on Broadway. A DJ who spent a lot of time in Berlin, before moving to Stockholm and now Amsterdam. A crypto native, deeply immersed in AI and generative systems.

Exploring how these creative tools can be used to transform relationships and enable world building between artists and audiences.

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🏙️ Towns — A feature-rich, onchain messaging experience that’s fully owned by its members. You build the space, set the rules, and make money. Build your community at towns.com

↑ Higher — A community of optimists on Base that formed on Farcaster. Higher is a lifestyle. To join high agency crypto natives in a new experiment in onchain brands, visit aimhigher.net

🌐 International Meme Fund (IMF) — A DeFi protocol for borrowing $MONEY against your memecoins with $IMF serving as the protocol utility and revenue token. Learn more at internationalmeme.fund

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Lucas is the Founder of Pods. A new way to publish, discover, and own your favourite podcasts. The place for bringing your podcast onchain.

He's also Co-Founder of Fire Eyes DAO, a collective of crypto-natives who designed token economic and governance systems for projects including Optimism, ENS and Gitcoin. And was also an early employee at Bankless.

We talk about what we've learned from a few years experimenting with onchain media. How minting works like a broadcast signal. And creators using platforms like Layer3 and Boost to amplify distribution by offering token incentives and rewards for people to collect their content.

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🏙️ Towns — A feature-rich, onchain messaging experience that’s fully owned by its members. You build the space, set the rules, and make money. Build your community at towns.com

↑ Higher — A community of optimists on Base that formed on Farcaster. Higher is a lifestyle. To join high agency crypto natives in a new experiment in onchain brands, visit aimhigher.net

🌐 International Meme Fund (IMF) — A DeFi protocol for borrowing $MONEY against your memecoins with $IMF serving as the protocol utility and revenue token. Learn more at internationalmeme.fund

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