Web3 presents the opportunity to build an entirely new internet — indeed, entire new economies — from scratch. The question then becomes: What kind of internet should we be creating?
According to previous research that empirically and neurologically links visual and cognitive attention9–13, as virtual communicators narrow their visual scope to the shared environment of a screen, their cognitive focus narrows in turn.
Every company is a media company
A few predictions on why they should think like content creators and how the companies that get this right will thrive in this market:
A society in which all actors are completely free is likely to result in a significant amount of inequality, since individuals differ in their motivation to pursue wealth and will behave in ways that advance their own interests. Conversely, a society that is completely equal inhibits freedom, since individuals cannot behave in any way that causes... See more