5 Mental Models for Thinking About Web 3 | Interview w Chris Dixon
- Websites as tokens.
- Networks are economies.
- Value versus Information.
- The power is moving from the platforms to the users.
- Tokens are the new digital primitive.
Chris Dixon is a general partner at a16z, and gives Bankless listeners a masterclass in understanding the Web3 Metaverse in this episode. There are five essential mental models to understanding why Web3 matters and they overlap often throughout the course of the conversation.
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