We Can All Be Creators Now

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I think we need more space in our lives for these types of things. I don't think that financial ising everything in order to achieve ostensible decentralization, which you could really make some arguments against actually being true in practice. And i feel like wicopaedia is one of these kind of web sites that has resisted this commercialized pressure because it doesn't really work like that. We've had huge discussions among the community about whether we should completely outlaw the practice of editing Wikipedias or not. The whole incentive model for contributing to wicapaedia as an editor relies on the fact that people are not paid to do it. But molly, we can all be creators

Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss the big Axie Infinity hack, what’s wrong with the New York Times’ Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto, and what Molly’s years as a Wikipedia editor have taught her about the problem with web3’s vision of total commercialization.

Molly White is a software engineer and the creator of web3 is going just great. Follow Molly on Twitter at @molly0xFFF.

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Also mentioned in this episode:

Molly and a bunch of other crypto critics put together an (Edited) Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto.
You can read Kevin Roose’s original Latecomer’s Guide here.
Molly wrote about the $625 million Axie Infinity hack and harassment on the blockchain.
Interest in NFTs and their values have plummeted in recent months.
Tech Won’t Save Us has a new website. Check it out at techwontsave.us.

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