NextMeta Humans of MetaGame #5 - Alec The Game B Builder
Alec is an experienced software developer, a parent and passionate about building a world on more resilient foundations. He currently lives in Salt Lake City and is a proud builder of MetaGame.
Alec had had a very successful career as a software developer for 15 years and worked on various challenging projects, but yearned for something more fulfilling. His experience as a developer however enabled him to set up a well-balanced life and have time for adventure and self-exploration. Growing older and wiser, he realized the value of "setting the ground for a more resilient future" which eventually led him to MetaGame. Alec is one of the few people that wasn't led to MetaGame by the usual crypto route. He came because he resonated with Game B values that MetaGame espoused.
He explains that Game B is a thought framework which takes a radical departure from the current socio-economic system and its predicaments, prioritizing meaning-making and impactful work. However, Alec expresses his frustration with Game B resources which are often too vague and offer no practical roadmap. Alec then reminds us that these revolutionary potentials of crypto are ultimately dependent to an infrastructure that the current failing system has made possible. In his words, "crypto is not the solution to everything."
Some of the topics that were discussed:
- Collective Trauma, healing and the importance of mental health.
- Non-specialized work, freelancing and UBI as stress relief.
- Game B
- The Metaverse as escapism from real world problems.
- The challenges of intentional communities.
- The problems of relying on investors in financing a cause
Finishing it off, the discussion turns to MetaGame, its evolution and its relationship to other DAOs. Peth and Alec agree on its goal of addressing crypto-newbies and functioning as a curator of web3 knowledge.
Alec is in it for the long run; his hopes and ambitions for the world are about long-term sustainability. He thinks that the degradation that the current system is bringing to the world to the world will only continue but a transition to an alternative need not be violent. This is where block-chain can shine! MetaGame is on the right path.
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