> Unfortunately with trust in low supply these days...
This is at the core of the issue: no technology, but especially not web3, is just a tool. Tech is inherently political because of both these kinds of underlying assumptions about the world, and how it shapes habits and beliefs of people using it.
Creating tech which accepts "trust is in low demand" and proceeds to fix it by making trusting people unnecessary, is a very effective way to promote right-libertarian policies.
So I understand why right-libertarian people support "web3". What I don't understand is why so many people with very different political values do.
IMO we need tech that promotes trusting each other, not tech where we can make do with a war of all against all.
You might be interested in CirclesUBI, which is pretty leftist as crypto's go. I think it's in the minority only only because bitcoin gave the right leaning folk a head start. The cryptocommunists will be along any minute now.
This is at the core of the issue: no technology, but especially not web3, is just a tool. Tech is inherently political because of both these kinds of underlying assumptions about the world, and how it shapes habits and beliefs of people using it.
Creating tech which accepts "trust is in low demand" and proceeds to fix it by making trusting people unnecessary, is a very effective way to promote right-libertarian policies.
So I understand why right-libertarian people support "web3". What I don't understand is why so many people with very different political values do.
IMO we need tech that promotes trusting each other, not tech where we can make do with a war of all against all.