The FWB summer reading list is here curated by Well Read, a critically curious bookstore in Lisbon by FEST co-founder KD.Selects (and more!) from the FWB summer reading list will be available at FWB FEST24 August 1-4 in Idyllwild, CA. Includes reads from current and past FEST lecturers, and our extended FWB community.

Lecturer spotlight >>> 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝒿𝒶𝒽 "If you love music you should learn to DJ.”Elijah is an internet-native cult classic. Known for his yellow post-it note style advice for artists and the music industry at large, he's expanded it into Make The Ting, an educational series + platform for releasing music and throwing parties. 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝒿𝒶𝒽’𝓈 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈What are you reading? Futures of Black Radicalism. A cool collection of essays that sit outside todays timeline thinking. [Fig. 1]Current drink obsession? I've just started drinking coffee, in my mid 30's I'm late. Didn't know what I was missing out on. [Fig. 2]Can’t stop thinking about? Being nearly half way through the decade, and how different the next 5 is going to be... [Fig. 3]

One month to FEST 👁️🌲👁️

Friends With VCs returns tomorrow for Episode 2 featuring IDEO CoLab Ventures ~ 11:30 PT ✴ 2:30 ETRSVP in Discord, FWB members only 🫂

Lecturer spotlight >>> 𝒲. 𝒟𝒶𝓋𝒾𝒹 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓍 author of Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion𝒟𝒶𝓋𝒾𝒹’𝓈 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈What are you reading? Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s [Fig. 1.1] and John P. Marquand's Point of No Return [Fig. 1.2]Current footwear obsession? I just got a new pair of Sebago Campsides that look exactly like the ones I had when I was 8.  [Fig. 2]Can’t stop thinking about? The Sardaukar ritual scene on Salusa Secundus in Dune  [Fig. 3]

A better internet is an intertextual web of human connection.

Through the Lens ~ coming to FEST24 August 1-4 in Idyllwild, CA ༺∞༻ until then, collect only on @club/lens

Lecturer spotlight >>> 𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓈𝓎 𝒜𝓁𝒾𝑜𝓉𝑜, CEO of Dirt MediaDirt Media is a luxury digital publication covering entertainment, streaming, and the ever evolving world of digital culture. Daisy’s essay “The Desire Question” (February 2024) has served as source material for our ongoing explorations of ontological design and emerging tech.𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓈𝓎'𝓈 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈What are you reading? Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World by Sasha Fletcher [Fig. 1]Current home furnishing obsession? This [Sophie Lou Jacobsen] lamp that I cannot afford but will forever lust after. [Fig. 2]Can’t stop thinking about? The aurora borealis––I can't believe I finally saw it! [Fig. 3]

A better internet is the phenomenal unfolding of awareness in real time.

Through the Lens ~ coming to FEST24 August 1-4 in Idyllwild, CA ༺∞༻ until then, collect only on @club/lens

A better internet is the phenomenal unfolding of awareness in real time.

Through the Lens ~ coming to FEST24 August 1-4 in Idyllwild, CA ༺∞༻ until then, collect only on @club/lens

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