Let’s Pretend the Last 20 Years Never Happened
“I would take web3 bros more seriously if they didn’t act like the last 20 years of democratization of art and opportunity never happened.”
Matt Birchler
“I’m not suggesting web3 is real – seems more marketing buzzword than reality right now”
<p class="attribution">Elon Musk</p>
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“Yes, Web3 is a bunch of bullshit. The problem is, compared to what?”
<p class="attribution">Matt Stoller</p>
So Far, Only the Good Guys are Here
"For something that is supposedly 'trust-less' by nature, it sure seems like a lot of it only works (if it works at all) because 'so far, only the good guys are here.'"
"web3 is venture capital wanting a new bubble to inflate so they can get the kinds of returns they used to get."
and
“web1, web2 etc, you can make the story come out any way you like, but RSS, blogging and podcasting were part of the Web 2 story and they are all about decentralization.”
~Dave Winer
”In other words, web0 is web3 without all the corporate right-libertarian Silicon Valley bullshit.”
@timapple with you - i think there is a place - but far from reality at tthe moment and definitely in the wrong hands ...