João Alves MarruchoImaginePress play before starting to read. Scroll down for Chinese and Portuguese versions.Apr 251Apr 251
João Alves MarruchoFor I is anotherBrief thoughts on the construction of identity through anotherJan 26Jan 26
João Alves MarruchoFrom generosity to trust: the role of barter and credit-money in social cohesionKey takeaway: Barter extends far beyond mere exchanges, embodying acts of generosity and gratitude that forge social bonds and credit-debt…May 20, 2023May 20, 2023
João Alves MarruchoBlockchain’s social contracts and the need for web2.5Key takeaway: if we want to benefit from the advances of decentralised technologies at scale we will need to mix them with centralised…Mar 25, 2023Mar 25, 2023
João Alves MarruchoThe significance of designKey takeaway: service design is a creative discipline that works on operating models to improve user experiences. Ethics and aesthetics…Nov 5, 2022Nov 5, 2022
João Alves MarruchoHypothesis on the origin and end of spacetime: the eternal now cycleKey takeaway: all black holes will end up in Big BangsSep 25, 2022Sep 25, 2022
João Alves MarruchoUnspoken limitations of programmable money on Ethereum and other blockchainsBesides contextual obstacles, current blockchain technologies have technical architectures that limit how creative we can be when designing…Aug 11, 20222Aug 11, 20222
João Alves MarruchoinRCA Service DesignHito Steyerl’s RCA NFT case: how to recreate a school out of an NFT?During The Urgency Of The Arts lecture series (March, 2021) at the Royal College of Art in London, the artist Hito Steyerl offered to give…Nov 24, 2021Nov 24, 2021
João Alves MarruchoA market based on perpetual debtThe advantage of the gold standard was precisely the imposed scarcity, while the problem with fiat money is that it can be “dropped by…Apr 7, 2021Apr 7, 2021
João Alves MarruchoinRCA Service DesignSocial Contracts in Designing state-moneyThe following text is part of speculative process driven Service Design project that tries to find a better form of state-money. One of…Mar 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021