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Dispatches from the desk

  1. Get Cutty, by Fitz

    The best parts of New York are its cutty, rough edges: scrap collectors, seahorse hawkers, and four-dollar dumplings. Get off the beaten path and experience what's left of the old New York.

  2. 20 Agent-focused Experiments, by Fitz

    In the big 26, we have been entrusted with a set of extremely powerful AI tools. It is our responsibility to misuse these tools to our own amusement and curiosity.

  3. A Spec for Onchain Cookies, by Fitz

    Blockchains are a treasure trove of user behavior & preferences. You shouldn't need to be a data scientist to understand & cater to those preferences.

  4. Creating a Benevolent Industrial Deployer, by Fitz

    Industrial token deployers are rent-seeking actors that could be replaced by a protocol, aligning incentives with traders.

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Fitz's Field Notes August 1969 3

Tuned to Steely Dan