Scenius Incubation: Open Source Creative Processes

The author introduces Forms of Incubation, a web3-native project on Paragraph to open-source creative processes in the context of scenius, Brian Eno's term for communal genius. The writer explains that years of Substack and Patreon funding attempts did not suit their long-form, niche writing, and that web3 tools to release and fund writing and split income with collaborators did not previously exist. The writer joined Farcaster in early 2023 and started the Paragraph publication shortly afterward, praising Farcaster's norms and Paragraph's features, including automatic import of Farcaster comments. The project proposes writing about funding for artists, media teams and open source maintenance, and about patterns across contexts.