I’m resuscitating my newsletter with a fresh format: four things each month that merit sharing. What I’m reading What I’m building What I’m listening to A thought-provoking data point If that…| Mike Casey
Last night I finished Roberto Bolaño’s 2666. It is excellent. Apparently, Bolaño’s notes refer to a ‘hidden center’ nestled within the ‘physical center’ of the text. The physical center — at least …| Mike Casey
But when cognition really became emancipated from its social bondage, it also ceased to be linked to a distinct social category. I’ve just finished Ernest Gellner’s Plough, Sword and Book: The…| Mike Casey
Taking Back Control? States and State Systems After Globalism by Wolfgang Streeck This was the most thought-provoking book I read in 2024. It is a Rosetta Stone for understanding today’s world and the contests that lie ahead. Though a bit academic and turgid in places, it is a masterful exposition of the tensions among capitalism, […]| Mike Casey
The best books I read in 2023| Mike Casey
Venkat Rao's essay on AI chatbots and personhood provides everything you need to know about the nature of humanity.| Mike Casey
The big question that I’ve been pondering of late is whether crypto can be a better technology for capital formation than existing options (e.g., banks, capital markets, non-bank financial intermediaries). Matt Sweet invited me to riff on this topic as part of the Yak Collective’s annual get-together. I’ve spent most of my adult life working […]| Mike Casey
My five favorite books that I read in 2022.| Mike Casey
Thoughts on why music NFTs are the epicenter of crypto-enabled business model innovation.| Mike Casey
Thoughts on a blockchain-based pooled investment vehicle that could provide capital for financially excluded businesses in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.| Mike Casey
Are NFTs the wedge that will unlock and accelerate capital flows to African startups at scale?| Mike Casey
