What Inspires Web3 Founders and Builders

This episode features snippets of inspiration as we explore what inspired today's builders and leaders of web3 and web3 communities during their crypto journey and what motivates these pioneers to build innovative products and services in the rapidly evolving world of decentralized technology.
Dan Romero reflects on his journey and how the internet provided an ungated space to create and publish content while growing an audience for minimal money or effort. 
Lukas shares how the vibrant and dynamic community on Crypto Twitter, where ideas are shared and debated in real time, inspired how this leads to new collaborations and innovations.
 Mike McGuiness, Chris Castig, and David Phelps are all inspired by the social visionary Balaji Srinivasan's transparent work on the Network State. Along with his revolutionary ideas of the impact crypto will have in the future of society. 
Vikram shares his vision of not living with regrets and how hearing years previously from Jeff Bezos has motivated him in everything that he has done. 
Zach Anderson shared being inspired by thinkers that work to open up different paradigms and systems.
Alex Salnikov shares the powerful impact Vitalik Buterin had on his journey and how reading Ethereum Whitepaper and the revolutionary foundation it set for decentralized finance and web3 technology. 
Perchy shares how friends have directly influenced his journey, leading him to where he is today. 
David Phelps also shares how creating community relationships impacted his journey, noting how deep dives into economics, economic theory, and macroeconomics not only inspired a realization of the decline of US Power and the decline in the US dollar but built the foundation for friendship. Friendships flourished over debates on the next global order, paving the path down the rabbit hole. This particular trip down the rabbit hole not only provoked higher level questions like, What if the next global empire isn't a psychical nation-state? What if the internet is the next Global state? But it also formed a lifelong friendship in the process.
 Alex Poon reflects on his experience with the alliance accelerator and the generosity and understanding within his network.
Erin McMullen reflects on women that she has met while creating a welcoming space for female and those that identify as non-binary.
Philip Silva notes Bitcoin and our very own Humpty Calderon as inspiration throughout his journey.
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This episode features the following founders:
Charmverse - Alex Poon
Noox - Henry Lee
Disco -  Erin McMullen
Perchy- Chippi
Coordinape - Zach Anderson
Gm .xyz - Mike McGuiness
Ens - Kori
Farcaster- Dan Romero
Safe (Gnosis Safe) - Lukas
Console- Chris Castig
DAO lens- Vikram
Rarible- Alex Salnikov
Joke DAO- David Phelps
Bright ID- Philip Silva
 
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Mini Series : Foundations of Desci by Flowscience| Is Science A Public Good? w/ Adam- Psy DAO, Erik -DeSci Labs, Savva - Crowdfunded Cure, Dr. Clark - DeSci World, Clinamenic- Lobby3

[mini-series] The Foundations of DeSci hosted by Flowscience.💡 #4/4: Is Science A Public Good?
🧠 DeScientralized ~ Exploring the Social Layer of Decentralized Science
Introduction:What does it mean to decentralize science? In this series, we’ll consider the fundamental aspects of science as a social activity & institution through the lens of various contributors in the DeSci space. The first four episodes will be published as a mini-series and lay the groundwork for future conversations. Our goal is to facilitate an exchange of ideas between people working on solutions to these fundamental problems.
Let’s start the show.
Guests
Adam Goyer: Psy DAO
Adam’s Aim: The institutional problems in medicine set up in the United States of America led Adam to ask profound questions that led him into the world of DeSci.
Erik Vanwinkle: DeSci Labs
Erik’s Aim: He believes in the Decentralized Science movement with the view that knowledge should be open and unrestricted to anyone who needs it and should be censorship resistant.
Savva Kerdemelidis: Crowdfunded Cure
Savva’s Aim: He focuses on creating a data clinical platform that a marketplace uses to fund top arrangements.
Jelani Clark: DeSci World
Jelani’s “why?”: To create equitable incentives for open access to knowledge.
Clinamenic: Lobby3, JournoDAO
Clinamenic’s “why?”: The Huge potential of non-financial applications for crypto.
Tweets ahead of the show
Key takeaways
Individual incentives versus collective benefit of the accessible public good.
Should We License Public Goods?
The Evolving of on-chain governance
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Mini Series : Foundations of Desci by Flowscience | Publishing, Reputation and Censorship with Adam Goyer-Psy DAO, Keith Axline - RePublic DAO & Erik Vanwinkle - DeSci Labs

[mini-series] The Foundations of DeSci hosted by Flowscience.💡 #3/4: Publishing, Reputation and Censorship
🧠 DeScientralized ~ Exploring the Social Layer of Decentralized Science
 
Introduction
What does it mean to decentralize science? In this series, we’ll consider the fundamental aspects of science as a social activity & institution through the lens of various contributors in the DeSci space. Our goal is to facilitate an exchange of ideas between people working on solutions to these fundamental problems. The first four episodes will be published as a mini-series and lay the groundwork for future conversations. Let’s start the show.
Optional background: Thomas S. Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
Let’s start the show.
Guests
Adam Goyer: Psy DAO
Adam’s Aim: The institutional problems in medicine set up in the United States of America led Adam to ask profound questions that led him into the world of DeSci.
Keith Axline: Re-Public DAO
Keith’s Aim: He focuses on helping people collect and understand the data they generate on a daily basis from their devices. Also, to help them store and monetize it if they will.
Erik Vanwinkle: DeSci Labs
Erik’s Aim: He believes in the Decentralized Science movement with the view that knowledge should be open and unrestricted to anyone who needs it and should be censorship resistant.
Key takeaways
Perspective on traditional publishing in science
Reputation and credentials in science
Censorship: Publication Bias
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Mini Series : Foundations of Desci by Flowscience |Funding, IP & Ownership with Trent McConaghy: Ocean Protocol, Savva Kerdemelidis: Crowdfunded Cure & Laurence Ion: Vita DAO

[mini-series] The Foundations of DeSci hosted by Flowscience.💡 #2/4: Funding, IP and Ownership
🧠 DeScientralized ~ Exploring the Social Layer of Decentralized Science
 
Introduction
What does it mean to decentralize science? In this series, we’ll consider the fundamental aspects of science as a social activity & institution through the lens of various contributors in the DeSci space. Our goal is to facilitate an exchange of ideas between people working on solutions to these fundamental problems. The first four episodes will be published as a mini-series and lay the groundwork for future conversations. Let’s start the show.
Optional background: Thomas S. Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
 
Guests
Trent McConaghy: Ocean ProtocolTrent focuses on claiming IP on data, accessing data, sharing and marketing it through the tools of Web3.
Savva Kerdemelidis: Crowdfunded CureSavva focuses on creating a clinical data platform that a marketplace uses to fund top arrangements.
Laurence Ion: Vita DAOLawrence focuses on impacting and breeding citizen scientists through applying scientific methods in every aspect of conceptualization.
Key takeaways
Creating valuable intellectual property is costly.
In Medicine, a lack of effective therapy is harmful to patients.
Framing creates value; rights vs. power.
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Mini Series : Foundations of Desci by Flowscience | What is “DeSci”? - Dr.Jelani Clark, DeSci World & Clinamenic -Lobby3, JournoDAO

 🧠 DeScientralized ~ Exploring the Social Layer of Decentralized Science hosted by Flowscience
 
Introduction
What does it mean to decentralize science? In this series, we’ll consider the fundamental aspects of science as a social activity & institution through the lens of various contributors in the DeSci space. The first four episodes will be published as a mini-series and lay the groundwork for future conversations. Our goal is to facilitate an exchange of ideas between people working on solutions to these fundamental problems. Let’s start the show.
Optional background: Thomas S. Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
💡 #1: What is “DeSci”?
Guests
Jelani Clark: DeSci World
Jelani’s “why?”: creating equitable incentives for open-access to knowledge.
Clinamenic: Lobby3, JournoDAO
Clinamenic’s “why?”: huge potential of non-financial applications for crypto.
Key takeaways
Science is a social activity
ReFi + DeSoc = DeSci
DeSci connects “end users” with the “developers” (scientists)
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DeSci & TalentDAO | Saulthorin - Founder TalentDAO

Today we are talking to BanklessChick, Core founder of talentDAO. Our conversation explores her background in research science, her contributions to Bankless DAO including being a member of their Governance Solutions Engineers, and the inspiration for launching talentDAO. BanklessChick says, “ETHDenver was where she first learned of DeSci and is where talentDAO was born; later at ETHAmsterdam is where talentDAO made its debut.”BanklessChick believes DeSci will use science to save the world, and the role of talentDAO is to make sure that DAOs are using the best science to achieve that mission.Finally, we tackle some of the diversity and inclusion issues plaguing the science community, and present opportunities for DAOs to evaluate these issues to keep from repeating them
I really enjoyed my chat with BanklessChick. I especially enjoyed our talk on human coordination, and building the tools we can't see, but know that we need.
To connect with BanklessChick, please follow her on Twitter @saulthorin https://twitter.com/saulthorin  And to learn more about TalentDAO, go to talentdao.io and on Twitter at @talentdao_ https://twitter.com/talentdao_ Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.--
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