OpenAI and Mattel have announced a partnership to develop AI-powered toys, giving us a glimpse into AI companies' strategies for the domestication of culture | Edition #212

Why unconscious workers prop up failing economies despite currency debasement and high taxes. The psychology of compliance and Bitcoin escape routes.

Purists always accuse the successful of ”selling out.” But success means mainstreaming, and we need Bitcoiners at every level of the orange-pilling funnel.

Art has always symbolized values: Bitcoin and Bitcoin art is the next form of that. From Medieval times to modern corporations, companies supporting and collecting art can contribute to cultural capital and leverage art as an asset.

As designers, we must not forget that aesthetics is just as important to design as UX.

Bitcoin self custody is a bedrock principle of the system, and while the ease of it has greatly improved in the last decade, it is not a solved problem.

To anyone stuck thinking bitcoin is only for speculators or tech bros: come to Peru. The real Bitcoin story isn’t only written in conference halls — it’s unfolding in circular economies forgotten by the banks, but now remembered by Bitcoin.