On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Julia Lipton, Founder and General Partner at Awesome People Ventures, about unlocking latent potential in humans, finding product market fit in web3 communities, and the most important things happening in the global landscape right now.
In many ways it’s surprising that it took us until Season 7 to bring Julia on the podcast because she has actually played a part in Rehash from Day 0 as you’ll hear us talk about at the beginning of this episode. Julia is an investor, connector of people, and all around one of the kindest and most generous humans I’ve encountered in this space.
In this episode we start out by talking about DAO Masters, a project she crowdfunded through Mirror that ended up winding down last summer, and what she learned about the give-get equation through her experience there. She wrote a really thoughtful Twitter thread about the give-get equation that I’ve linked in the show notes and would encourage you all to check out, especially if you’re someone working in or adjacent to the DAO ecosystem.
We then get into a discussion around why there’s so much latent and unused human talent floating around in the corporate world and what people have been doing about it, such as flocking to freelance and contract work, or even to DAOs. Obviously DAOs aren’t perfect and are far from it, but Julia shares some strategies she thinks could be implemented for DAOs to be more effective in their operations while maintaining the same draw they have for people today.
Finally, we talk about what Julia is most focused on in the global landscape with crypto and nintynick chimes in with a question about progressive decentralization.
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Give/get equation
⏳ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
3:10 Julia’s involvement with Rehash from Day 0
4:34 Why DAO Masters shut down
10:29 Communities as products
17:04 Why human talent is so underutilized in corporate world
22:25 What v2 of DAOs might look like
26:46 Awesome People Ventures and Awesome People Talent
31:31 Global landscape for freelancers
32:23 Development of global currencies
37:15 Types of projects Julia is focused on in 2024
39:45 Progressive decentralization
42:25 BTC/ETH ATH 2024
43:17 Follow Julia
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On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Irina Panovich (aka aiio) about non-linear models for cultural production, the importance of physicality and play when exploring emerging tech, and the importance of experimentation in crypto.
For the last five years, aiio has been experimenting with an arts and tech collective in Copenhagen called 320 Colab, testing out various theses relating to funding for artists and creatives. This is her first time sharing publicly on a podcast about her experiences and learnings from that experiment.
We talk a lot in this episode about experimenting in crypto, especially with community and culture, and aiio shares some key learnings and advice for building a community around foundational values and using human centered design.
She also gives us a sneak peek into a new project she’s working on right now that will be launching soon - a new podcast with UFO that she’ll be using to experiment with new forms and models for podcasting.
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Additional reading:
Are We Human? Notes on an Archaeology of Design by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wrigley
Radical Friends: Decentralised Autonomous Organisations by Ruth Catlow and Penny Rafferty and Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain by Ruth Catlow and friends
The Archipelago Conversations by Édouard Glissant and Hans Ulrich Obrist
After the Internet. Digital Networks between the Capital and the Common by Tiziana Terranova
The Carrier Bag of Fiction by Ursula Le Guin
The Dawn of Everything by David Græber
Oneness v the 1% by Vandana Shiva
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
Science in Action by Bruno Latour
Future Art Ecosystems 3: Art x Decentralised Tech by futureartecosystems.org
Social Avalanche: Crowds, Cities and Financial Markets by Christian Borch
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
⏳ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
3:06 How aiio got involved with 320 Colab
10:56 Non-linear frameworks for artists’ monetization
15:11 How aiio would run 320 Colab differently today
19:14 How important are in person experiences?
24:13 The importance of play in tech
27:42 Resources for community builders
30:14 How to build culture better
40:42 aiio’s new project
44:27 Will ETH/BTC reach ATH in 2024?
45:32 Follow aiio
DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.