BlackRock launches two tokenized money market funds, Ethereum protocol sync updates, and POAP winds down.

The first principle in my proposed Universal Moral Core (UMC) is as follows: Grow knowledge as the source of technological and moral progress. Before diving into all parts of this principle and its implications, let me relate it upfront to the Kantian separation between moral norms (values) and epistemic norms (knowledge). My principle is about a necessary condition for progress. This doesn’t mean that individuals have to acquire specific knowledge to act in a moral way. Instead it does imply...

Forty years ago, The Economist introduced its now-famous Big Mac Index. It was based on the simple idea that a Big Mac is a damn near perfect universal commodity, and so if you methodically compare its price across countries, it should give you an approximation of the purchasing power parity across a basket of currencies. For example, a Big Mac currently costs US$6.22 in the US (as of July 2026 and according to The Economist). But in Switzerland, it works out to US$9.04, and in Taiwan, it’s U...

Community reviews for the Sofia Coppola Short Film Award are now officially closed. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who took the time to review projects, share thoughtful feedback and help elevate emerging filmmakers. The response throughout the award has been remarkable, and we look forward to announcing the finalists soon. During the review period, community members evaluated projects based on criteria including unique voice, visual quality, and originality. These reviews established...

29 Seconds of Farcaster ... What did you miss this weekend? It feels like POIDH is thriving during these slower months... @arjantupan was July's best bounty with @sopha cast-inspired poetry; @luciano 's bounty for collecting your first Kismet art & @kmacb.eth with World Cup watching for /football infused energy into the July feed: farcaster.xyz/kenny/0x8a5c... Speaking of infusing energy, /cef Round 3 winners were announced: farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/... & how does $112K sound for infused ene...

For decades, software waited on us to do the work. Now, agentic tools like Cursor and Devin are closing the loop, shifting us from operating interfaces to defining objectives.

True engineering lies in practical ingenuity rather than state credentials. To rebuild our public works, we must restore tight feedback loops and hands-on, end-to-end expertise.

When I first started writing this blog in 2013, I started on Tumblr. Then about 6 years ago, I decided that Tumblr wasn’t the right platform for a written blog like mine, and so I moved to WordPress (specifically WordPress.com — not a self-hosted setup). About two years ago, I packed up and moved this blog once again, this time to Paragraph. I was trying to shift more of my online activity onchain, and I liked the idea of my posts being permanently stored on a blockchain like Arweave. But it ...

GM! We started the week with such a fun chat with @alaskanmagpie about Fableboy launching on shinythings.space. You have to check out the demo! Plus on Thursday we announced our round 3 of CEF grants! Congrats to all the new grantees! (there was also an unfortunate Yankees hat incident -- you'll need to watch Thursday's episode below for the full tea.) See both episodes and get caught up before the next week begins!

This Week in All Things AI covers key developments in models, agents, tools, infrastructure, and policy curated from discussions in the All Things AI Telegram group. If you follow AI for work, research, investing, or just to understand where the technology is heading, this weekly brief is a concise way to scan the most important launches, risks, and resources in a few focused minutes. The week of 26th July to 1st August 2026 was defined by a decisive shift from raw model capability toward the...