Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet

We’ve seen how both the web2 internet and early iterations of web3 fall short of ensuring a free, fair playing field that benefits the least advantaged. So what would an internet that meets Rawls’ standards look like? Some general anti-principles start to come into focus:- Don’t build a system that only benefits the wealthy, because what if you’re ... See more

Despite all the public conversations around the metaverse and various hyper-financialized NFT projects, Web3, more than anything, is a fundamentally different approach that some developers have agreed to. It’s based on the premise that there’s an alternative to exploiting users for data to make money — and that instead, building open platforms that... See more

While Web3 has the potential to reimagine how we use the internet, it also raises thorny issues around privacy, user experience, and how much control users truly want. 

If, as Sal Delle Palme argues, Web3 heralds the birth of a new economic system, let’s make it one that increases true wealth—not just paper wealth for those lucky enough to get in early but actual life-changing goods and services that make life better for everyone.

Web2 was a rebuilding period. Entrepreneurs started to realize you could do more things instead of being just read-only. 

Web1: the web was read-only. Web2: the web was read and write. 

Web3 is an opportunity to own a piece of the internet. 

Governance in the metaverse: who should control it? Having one company control it is not the

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