As we navigate the progressive crossing from web2 into web3, knee deep in the old boat as we build the new, we must take on more than a technological evolution; I believe we require a fundamental shift in our collective psyche. Genuinely evolving ourselves into web3 calls for a radical departure from old paradigms and a welcoming of new ways of thinking and interacting. It requires us to confront and release the baggage of scarcity mindsets, extractive, alienating behaviours and shadow based impulses. If we are to build anew, our intentions need to come from a higher place.

What they tell you is that DAOs are decentralized autonomous organizations. Groups of humans organizing around a specific purpose, coordinating via an agreed-upon set of engagement rules enforced on a blockchain and sharing economic resources and/or protocol rules in the quest to fulfil said purpose.

The message flashed across my screen and I was immediately and all at once overjoyed, grateful and genuinely happier than I have felt in over a year - maybe longer. The kind of happiness that can only come with witnessing a journey of triumph over circumstance and knowing you played a very small part in its course.