Assembly: Blockchain, Democracy, Culture, and Start Ups

How the Future of Education, Future of Marketing, and a $500 Book by Eugene Schwartz Connect

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 03:11:00 +0000

How the Future of Education, Future of Marketing, and a $500 Book by Eugene Schwartz Connect

https://blog.assembly.digital/how-the-future-of-education-future-of-marketing-and-a-500-book-by-eugene-schwartz

How Web3 Saves Democracy -- Two Vague Terms Come Together for a Better Society

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:02:00 +0000

How Web3 Saves Democracy -- Two Vague Terms Come Together for a Better Society In this episode, I scope down both democracy and web3 to more concrete definitions (as one can do in a short podcast) and suggest that web3 inherently has characteristics that can create a more democratic society.

Political Ads on Social Media - The Bad, The Ugly, The Solution to this Kobayashi Maru

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:55:00 +0000

In this episode, I propose that the battle of banning ads and regulation of social media is the Kobayashi Maru of political advertising, and the answer is a different playing field that political advertisers and consultants actually have a stake and say in.

Crazy? Stay tuned.

Truth, Understanding, and Civility through the Elusive Dialectic Method

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:22:00 +0000

Social media, arguably, promotes a type of psychopathy that hurts civil discussion. What, then, does it take to offer a solution? In this episode, we’ll look at a seemingly simple, but sadly missing, element of meaningful discourse that can bring truth, understanding and civility back to society.

Crypto should be regulated, but not the same way securities are

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 23:39:00 +0000

As I referenced in the episode on why we picked a dual token model, I alluded to how the right kind of regulation, regulation that prioritized transparency over bureaucracy, would benefit both projects and investors. I’m exploring the idea further in this episode providing more coloring on a simple framework that both helps investors while not dragging down the projects in paperwork.

Polling, Identity and Incentives: The New Frontier

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:43:00 +0000

In a recent article entitled “The Digital Future of Survey Research Faces a Challenge,” Will Johnson, CEO of The Harris Poll, shared a few insights in the interview. They were around the following points: 1) verifying authenticity of respondents; 2) faster, cheaper delivery via a dashboard; 3) reaching people where they are. In this episode, I’ll dive deeper into those points and what technology brings to the table.

Why We Picked a Dual Token Model for Our Two-Sided Ad Marketplace

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 01:57:00 +0000

In this episode, we’ll cover tokenomics.

So while we’re mostly talking about the Assembly project, a “learn-to-earn” ad platform, there’s much here that can be of interest to anyone interested in the dynamics and underlying economics of tokens.

How to Design for Citizens, Not Just Users

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:46:00 +0000

User stories for tech focus on the problems to solve and the jobs to be done Similar approach can be for Citizens -- the nomenclature shift is subtle but important Most companies and products think of Users first, and don’t consider Users have a broader role as Citizens

Persuading Voters by Teaching Backwards

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we'll talk about an approach to persuading voters in noisy or competitive environments through "teaching"