Thinking Aloud

How non-techies can prepare for blockchain and Web3 future

As experts and tycoons rush in, the rest of us need not despair. If we are curious, we can pick up signals of the future to help us be less afraid.

The future, and the change we encounter on the way there, should become something we can talk about and be curious about. ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
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When I think about a future world that will be way more different from the world I grew up in than today's, I feel at times creeping despair.

I am no techie and can be quite slow to adopt innovations such as mobile payments.

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