36. Re-bundling the creator economy + labels in web3 w/ Yancey Strickler

Post-individuals have a desire to belong, to be seen and recognised beyond economic compensation or status. As an answer to the individualism of the creator economy, metalabels are a new paradigm where groups of people team up under a shared purpose to create public releases that manifest their point of view.

Every creator has a group that they can BELONG if they choose to.

Imagining a world where a metalabel is a common paradigm that people create. Where the output is a little bit slower. Where there is more deliberation, more pairs of eyes on things. I think it’s just a healthier experience.

About post-individualismWe’re not going back to collectivism. It’s a new state called post-individualism.Post-individuals define their identity by both their own individual traits as well as which groups and ideologies they voluntarily subscribe to.

About his approach to crypto Got into crypto when he understood that it is an opportunity to define values numerically, to express them in a new medium, to build systems that respond to an input and desired output beyond just the growth rate or financial take of a system.

Web3 creates tools where this becomes practical. Allowing us to opt-in and out of value systems that add to our identities and contribute to understanding who we are and what is important to us

The ways to provide context on our digital profiles (e.g. Linktree) are very limited. The creator economy does a poor job at that.

Thinking of a project as a label means thinking in “Releases”. Releasing work into the public and letting it go.

Web3 is about the freedom to opt-in to systems and to opt-out of them.