Three things web3 should fix in 2022
Casey Newton,
Platformer,
Jan 28, 2022
Casey Newton begins by noting "it felt like everyone I knew was sending me the same link. "The Problem With NFTs," a long video essay by the Canadian media critic Dan Olson." I've also seen the link, but I haven't watched the two-hour video (maybe on the week-end). This post, though, is sort of a reply to it. The three things? First, he says, make crypto transactions safe, reliable, and approachable to normal people. That's a pretty tall order but it will happen, eventually. Second, he says, make a moderately efficient blockchain 'computer.' Right now everything involving web3 technology generally is too slow. It will get better, but better hardware won't do it alone. Third, he says, develop technologies for mitigating harassment and abuse. Well that would be the golden grail. It would give us a reason to leave all those other places full of harassment and abuse far behind. I think this is possible (it's actually one of the appears of web3) but needs proper design. And it wouldn't hurt if harassment and abuse wasn't so socially acceptable in the wider world of media, marketing and politics.
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