A penetrating look at how web3 will shape our shared future
In The Future of Community: How to Leverage Web3 Technologies to Grow Your Business, a team of web3 visionaries and tech-savvy executives delivers a groundbreaking new take on the seismic impact web3 is having - and will continue to have - on our technological and social landscapes. The authors discuss why web3 really is the “next big thing” to shape our digital and offline futures and how it will transform the world.
You’ll discover a whole host of web3 applications poised to excite and disrupt industries around the world, from fan tokens that reshape how we think about interactions between artists and fans to self-sovereign identities on the blockchain that allow you to take full control over how your personal data is used and collected online.
You’ll also find: - Insightful explorations of technologies and techniques like tokenization, decentralized marketplaces, decentralized autonomous organizations, and more - Explanations of how web3 allows you to take greater ownership and control of your digital and offline assets - Discussions of why web3 increases transparency and accountability at every level of business, government, and social hierarchies
An invigorating and singularly incisive resource, The Future of Community is a can’t-miss book for futurists, entrepreneurs, founders, business leaders, tech enthusiasts, and web3 fans excited about today’s cutting-edge tech and how it will shape our tomorrows.
In The Future of Community: How to Leverage Web3 Technologies to Grow Your Business, a team of web3 visionaries and tech-savvy executives delivers a groundbreaking new take on the seismic impact web3 is having - and will continue to have - on our technological and social landscapes. The authors discuss why web3 really is the “next big thing” to shape our digital and offline futures and how it will transform the world.
You’ll discover a whole host of web3 applications poised to excite and disrupt industries around the world, from fan tokens that reshape how we think about interactions between artists and fans to self-sovereign identities on the blockchain that allow you to take full control over how your personal data is used and collected online.
You’ll also find: - Insightful explorations of technologies and techniques like tokenization, decentralized marketplaces, decentralized autonomous organizations, and more - Explanations of how web3 allows you to take greater ownership and control of your digital and offline assets - Discussions of why web3 increases transparency and accountability at every level of business, government, and social hierarchies
An invigorating and singularly incisive resource, The Future of Community is a can’t-miss book for futurists, entrepreneurs, founders, business leaders, tech enthusiasts, and web3 fans excited about today’s cutting-edge tech and how it will shape our tomorrows.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Authors’ Note xv
Introduction: What Is the Future of Community? 1
1 Back to the Future 5
2 Three Men and a Pool 35
3 The Power of Web3 45
4 More than a Cartoon Party: Supercharging the Creator Economy 69
5 Building Community the Right Way 83
6 Mic Check 1, 2: A New Way to Communicate 105
7 The Perfect Playbook: How to Make the Right Calls 133
8 The Rise of the Machines: How AI Will Affect Us All 157
9 Liars, Cheaters, Scammers, and Cash Grabbers 167
10 The Future of Work 179
11 The Future of Community 199
Acknowledgments 217
About the Authors 221
Index 225
