Esther Eze

If we continually root ourselves in base notions of fear, darkness, alienation, we in web3 are going to find ourselves struggling with the same things we struggle with today; people outside who are hyper-critical get the sense we’re not speaking to real problems.

My web3 fears are that the basis for it all is two artefacts which were already distant to most people: financialization and the 1% art market (art as status or identity exploration which is so hyper 1%). These are potentially alienating bases to start from; where does it mean we can go?

A while ago, at Faces of Web3, we became aware that we were only telling one side of the story, so I made a call out. I wanted to speak to people living with disabilities, and a few responded. 

After speaking to wonderful women like Anna, Grace and Sandra and learning how their lives have changed since they became chronically ill and unable to