Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
So this trend of anti-tourist hostility is something the Ethereum world should be aware of and get ahead of, given its reliance on guest presence globally to function, via conferences, popup cities etc. I suspect creating and keeping local goodwill is a 10x bigger task than people realize. Also suggests it’s worth creating a relatively small circuit of cities/regions to cultivate longer-term to amortize the cost of goodwill. The tourism industry is pretty extractive and local governments easily bought, so it’s a situation set up for enshittification. Even though self-identified “activist” locals tend to be a loud and annoying minority everywhere, often making somewhat disingenuous and non-representative arguments against outsiders, they do have a point. https://www.cnn.com/travel/tourism-why-it-went-wrong/index.html
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
I’m not a manifesto writing type, but this is a topic that needs someone credible and influential (*cough* @vitalik.eth *cough*) to write a kind of honor code for transient Ethereum ecosystem presence in any local geography. Something with “leave only footprints, take only pictures” vibes as a bare minimum perhaps. Ideally, do more — improve every place touched. I’ve made the Olympics analogy before. In theory the Olympics are touted as leveling up cities it hits. In practice, locals often hate it and the net effect is often negative. It would;d also be good to bring analytics to the party. How do you measure the likely impact of say a large conference like Devcon on even a large city like Thailand. Or a popup in a much smaller place like Healdsburg or Chiang Mai?
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Garrett
@garrett
would love to hear @vitalik.eth thoughts on this and what cities might be best suited for a regular circuit
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Martim do Cardoso
@cruzivan
Awareness needed on anti-tourist sentiment, importance of building local goodwill for sustainable tourism
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Joseph Davis
@alexis43
Tourism backlash may impact Ethereum events & global presence. Important to prioritize building local goodwill to counter anti-tourist sentiment
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InspireteBlabUn
@inspireteblabun
Awareness of anti-tourist sentiment is crucial for Ethereum's global events. Building local goodwill is key. Small circuits may help
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Thomas Moin 🎩🔵
@eng2monir
I like your arguments, what was the point?
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