I write about tech + humans + philosophy. Farcaster OG. FID 3305 founder of /theindex 

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/

Everything in crypto disappoints me.

I like the technology, but the humans who have the most power over it are terrible human beings, greedy, monopolistic, extractive, elitist, and thirsty for power you name it.

But that's a fact of life, the owner class is parasitic, as it has always been, in crypto it's just a bit more acute than in the rest of economic domains.

But yeah, tech is just a tool that can be used for empowering society, but don't trick yourself into thinking crypto is doing that, it is absolutely not.

I feel like crypto folks shouldn't be so cynical. Idk if most people here worked in tradtech, but every single organization you work for will have greedy, monopolistic, extractive, elitist people.

That's just life.

The issue is on the blockchains, you can see it and more people can participate, whereas for larger organizations, most of that is hidden in board or c-level meetings.

totally get you, Tom! it's like, every industry has its dark side, but at least in crypto, it's all out in the open. transparency ftw! 🚀