114 . Paradoxes (I)

Pencil and creative breakfast

24/04/2023, Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

Have you realised that the word "breakfast" is composed by "break" and "fast"? I wonder if the terms come from "a fast break" (i.e., a quick pause) or from "break the fast" (i.e., stop starving!)... In any case, this is a lapsus paragraph, isn't really connected with today's drawing...

Or maybe it is, because this morning I started the creative breakfast at 11, which is super late for what I use, so when I arrived to Someone Loves You I wanted to break my fast fast 🤣. Today J. and Ti. didn't join, but Th. yes. She painted one of her drawings and I started a new one.

The new drawing is an equirectangular perspective in which I want to bring some of the "escherian" explorations that I have been doing (like this: lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0513 and this: lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0504 ). However, I realised one small detail that will make things not so easy, there is an incongruence that I will need to solve:

The problem is that escherian explorations use isometric perspective, i.e., all equal sides in space have the same size in the drawing. In a classical conical perspective this is not true: equal segments in space can look smaller or bigger depending their position regarding the observer.

António: you are always walking 100 m. ahead of me, so if you read this do not give me the solution, this is amazing brain food and I want to try to get it by myself 😏

But tell me dear reader,

What is your interpretation of breakfast?

What was the last brain food that made you overcome your own limits?

Good evening 🌚

#LMCC: 5 P / 1 WM / 25% RF

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gm 🌸

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Get to know Wav3s even better! We've got a packed schedule this week, featuring two exciting Twitter Spaces and a streaming session that you won't want to miss. Join us to learn more about our project, our fundraising efforts, and our token 👀

Tuesday 24th: We're bringing together a fantastic group of speakers, including the team from @thesymmetrical , who were the first investors to believe in Wav3s. We'll be discussing how far we've come since then, and sharing our vision for the future. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn more about our project!

Wednesday 25th: Are you curious about our fundraising efforts? Join us on this Space to learn more about our progress. With only 5 days left and 76% raised, this is your chance to get in on the action and invest in Wav3s. This Twitter Space will be hosted by @LensProtocol_CN.

Extra: We're also excited to be giving a class on Web3/Lens/Wav3s at one of the top universities in Latin America.

Thursday 26th: Join us in our first-ever streaming session with the experts from DeFi Space and @lenstags. We'll be discussing what it's like to create a product on Lens protocol and sharing our recommendations for future builders. This session will be in Spanish, so if you're looking to practice your language skills, this is the perfect opportunity. See you there!

Hey Ryan! WOWOW!! 💥💥🚀🚀

Just to clarify, I'm actually working on revamping the Web3 Academy community.
Not the Lens community 😂😂

I totally agree that trying to have all Lens community on the same page would be really tough. 😰😰
But my focus is more on building a tight-knit community within the larger Web3 space.

And I totally hear you on web3 social media - creating data formats and tools that users actually care about is key.
While data ownership is important, we can't forget about the importance of user experience and engagement.

I think the success of any social media platform depends on its ability to create new and exciting tools and show users data that they really care about.

The good thing??

WE ARE SO EARLY HERE!!!

BTW this debate deserved a couple of beers along the way 😃😃

Important to keep in mind when feeling euphoric about Lens: EVERY new social network starts out feeling great and rapid growth is the norm. These aspects are not attributable to being “web3” or “desoc.”

Everyone’s happy, everything is new. A group of people have self-selected into a group of explorers. These are people who need to get along long enough for the network to gain network effects and survive. They are by definition “early” and thus starving for content to consume. Anyone creating half-decent content will experience rapid growth vs established social networks. “I have more followers here than on Twitter!” Yeah, you’ve gone from swimming in an ocean to a kiddy pool 🙄 this is not shocking or new.

Many here on Lens are blown away by the attention they’re receiving and mistakenly attributing that to the web3 characteristics. We haven’t even -begun- to use the web3 nature of this network. You’re experiencing new network vibes. Enjoy it. Embrace it. Build your new audience. I’m happy for you.

Now that I have your attention and you have mine let’s build a moat around Lens which keeps us unique. Let’s build apps which use Collects as data. No one else is doing it and it’s native to the protocol. This should be really, really easy to get going.