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

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.

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

Part of being part of a group is to adopt their worldview. We carry multiple identities all the time. Group-derived identities are just as important to us as personal identities.

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

Changing how we think of value requires changing how we think of self. Bentoism is an answer to that, a practical framework to think about the Now Me, Now Us, Future Me, Future Us.

SummaryYancey argues that the way we define our self influence how we value things. As a result of the move from collectivism to individualism, a new form of creating our identities is created called the post-individual. Post-individuals define their identity as much through their individual traits as through the groups and communities they volunta... See more

A matrix of values vs a singular idea of value.

A core strategy of what we build at Metalabel is based on the assumption that CONTEXT is queen.