What is the pluriverse?

A world consisting of many worlds, each with its own ontological and epistemic grounding.

What is pluriverse.wtf?

A transmedia lorecrafting experiment in collective imagineering.

In this contemporary epoch, design assumes a more crucial mantle than ever before. The Pluriverse, at its essence, engenders a focus upon politico-ontological design, a design philosophy that is both omnipresent and ubiquitous, permeating the very fabric of existence. To achieve success in design, social context must be given due consideration. Ecologically-oriented disciplines understand the paramountcy of design's pivotal role in shaping our world. Indeed, design is too momentous to be left exclusively to designers; it is instead about the formation of cultural values and practices, about creating and shaping culture in particular ways of living. In his magnum opus, Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds, Arturo Escobar expounds upon design as a concept that transcends the mere creation of tangible goods or material productions. Rather, design in this context denotes “a panoply of divergent forms of life, often presenting contrasting notions of sociability and the world.”

In the pluriverse, a kaleidoscopic realm of infinite possibility, a plethora of optimistic aspirations can be sown, plentiful opportunities can be meticulously cultivated, and a profusion of lives imbued with meaning can be attained by the multifaceted and empathetic individuals that we are. Transmedia, the practice of conveying narrative content across diverse media formats, predicates the vital significance of the storytelling process, in equal measure to the substance of the narrative itself. Lore, the stories woven within the fabric of communal identity, serves as an invigorating force for internal coherence and synergy. All of this is nothing less than a wondrous, constantly evolving experiment, methodologically designed to take risks and boldly venture into uncharted unknown and unknowable, like dark ecological chocolate. Pluriversal tales are co authored as a collaborative endeavor, their very existence emblematic of creative concepts brought to fruition in practical form.

Pluriverse.wtf is a web3 project with no builders. We represent a collective of visionaries, elaborating the technology of agile imagination design. Our endeavors are not predicated upon the development of code or the creation of decentralized infrastructure; rather, we strive to engender the core concepts and ideological underpinnings that propel the web3 imaginary. The ethereal conception of the Pluriverse was first seeded by the expansive explorations of the ConsenSys-shepherded Cellarius Universe Guide. The entheogenic musings of the Verses collective served as a powerful catalyst, sparking a creative chain reaction within the Gitcoin community, and further stoking the flames of our imagination. Ours is a project resolutely rooted in ideology and reliant upon the innovative technological breakthroughs wrought by others. Our aim is not to construct an AI-powered infinite novelty generator, nor to usher forth a multiplayer post-creator economy per say, nor to elaborate a headless orchestration of a collector-contributor community, although we are incredibly impressed and endlessly inspired by these projects and others. Indeed, the pluriverse shares much in common with all of these initiatives and eagerly anticipates collaborating with them.

Pluriverse.wtf is a fertile incubator of the imagination, operating within the regenerative crypto economic movement. We are explicitly attuned to the metacrisis, beckoning to all and sundry, a clarion call for greater human ingenuity and invention, a more expansive envisioning of a speculative future. While our initial inspiration was derived from the solarpunk utopia of the quadratic lands, we have come to recognize the profound difficulties inherent within such conceptual paradigms. Nonetheless, the lunar duality inherent in the Janus-faced god of infinite money games and value propositions, remains a potent and electrifying response to the existential anxiety that looms large in this moment of impending transition.

In the times ahead, we shall expound upon the manifold ideas that have germinated since the genesis of our project at MCON2. These ideas shall be presented with unreserved candor, embodying the ethos of the open-source bizarre bazaar, permeable membranes facilitating infinite sharing, a single cell within the collective slime mold navigating the infinite regress of cerebral prime number mazes. We pledge to proffer everything within our capacity, divulging the essence of our dreams, successes, and failures. Our creative tapestries shall be laid bare for critical examination, inviting all to contemplate these artifacts and, perhaps, to collaborate with us in producing more of them. We shall announce upcoming drops and leverage the pluriverse platform as a fulcrum for fostering a collectorship. We are propelled to take bold risks, to wear our hearts on our sleeves, and to conceive deeply of strategies to maintain maximum artistic autonomy throughout this process, come what may. We recognize that the Ethereum community is where our kin reside.

The forthcoming article shall explicate the events that have hitherto transpired, and provide insight into the underlying causes and factors that engendered them. Our emphasis shall be upon the how of things, delving into the intricacies of process method, architecture, and economics.

Stay tuned, anon. Stay warm, anon.