Tag: socrates

If we’re serious about the Web that we are building, the roadmaps shouldn’t feel like sprint plans filled with technical upgrades. They should be blueprints for a society we’d be proud to call home. Picture me pointing to the horizon.

I’m sorry if I’ve been the one raising uncomfortable questions about the web we’re building. But I’m doing it because I want us to create a web that hugs and kisses us — a web that sees us as human beings first.

In the not-too-distant future, I see a town square where everyone who shows up has a voice — not just the tech-savvy, the loudest, or the wealthiest.
My neighbor Carina feels a real sense of belonging because she can participate meaningfully and actually participate in her digital community.
Honestly, I don’t imagine it happening inside a DAO, but rather on a social platform where she owns her own voice — her own data.
Yes, there’s still a corner for whitepaper discussions too, because technology must always serve human needs.

The smiling faces of people participating through beautifully simple design say it all.

A truly decentralized world doesn’t just open the door; it makes sure everyone can walk through it and stay and even address what’s wrong. Just because some parts may be immutable does not mean they should be unflexible to what is good for society. People evolve and so does society and technology needs to follow us, not the other way around.

As the sun settles over the village, I see people having interacted with the web for fun but also to save time for activities in reality.
After all, on our deathbed, having spent time with our closest friends and family is what we’ll have considered most important in life.

”I see a world where kids learn digital literacy like they learn to ride a bike — naturally, joyfully, safely. Not like releasing them into a wild safari.”

A world where the web works with our lives, not against them. Where technology in the hands of the youngest builds focus and curiosity, not addiction and exposure to casino-like platforms.

Above all, I see a web where young and old can create, collaborate, and unwind — without asking for permission or paying a heavy fee.

In other words, the web should feel like a natural extension of existence, not a hostile territory we have to tiptoe through.

I’m not being idealistic — it’s just common sense.
Web3 must be built, governed, and cared for with the best of our humanity. Not a place with hidden predators, stampeding herds, and unexpected twists around every corner.

Web3 is many things: fast, creative, chaotic, sometimes profound, occasionally unhinged. It’s the future of our web. Its values of freedom and libertarianism are promising, but we need the annoying, relentless, sandals-wearing guy who refused to shut up until people asked better questions. Here’s what Socrates and his friends can do for our dear web.

I think Web3 needs to look backward, not just to the future. It’s optimizing systems that might not even be pointed at a world we’d want to live in. Sometimes it feels like a future without philosophy? A well-funded digital confusion.

In my work within health and wellness, I create courses within personal development and try to learn from the brightest minds of history. I know, Socrates wouldn’t audit the code of the web—he’d audit its intent. He’d show up in governance forums and ask if the definition of “community” includes anyone who can’t afford to buy in. He was all about being human-centric.

He’d be the one raising his hand to ask, “What do we mean by ‘freedom,’ exactly?” I feel that most people would find him annoying, but this is the kind of questioning we need to know where we are going, what we are building, and how we relate to the values of Web3.

Because if we don’t ask these questions, here’s what we risk building:
• a metaverse full of real estate speculation and zero community.
• a DAO that votes to evict tenants and calls it “alignment.”
• a social token protocol that turns human connection into yield.

Perhaps that future would be technically flawless. But it would also be ethically void. I’ve said it before: code cannot be law, because it would have forgotten how to listen.
Just because it’s decentralized doesn’t mean it’s good. No, not everything needs a token.

”We want the roadmap of Web3 projects to look like a philosophy of life that we actually want to live in.”

Kierkegaard said, “Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards.” Web3 lives very forward. It launches first, governs later, audits if we’re lucky. Remember, philosophy can be highly practical. In Web3, it can be a way to add hindsight before the crash.

Shannon put it more bluntly: “We may have knowledge of the past but cannot control it; we may control the future but have no knowledge of it.” So it’s obviously smart to build with both.

Every protocol needs a philosopher-in-charge. Nope, not a mascot. But a real existential auditor. Someone to ask: Who benefits? Who decides? Is this freedom, or just a new kind of control?

Just as we need our closest friends to raise their concerns when we do wrong or have lost our track in life, we need Socrates’ friends to ask necessary questions when we build our digital life:

“Just because it’s permissionless doesn’t mean it’s harmless.”

“Immutability is just stubbornness if you can’t admit when you’re wrong.”

“A protocol with no pause for reflection will automate a future no one meant to build.”

Yes, it’s about looking around before falling completely into the hands of hyper-fast innovation. Every societal development needs to occasionally consider re-orientation to remain aligned with its soul.