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Marc Rubinstein's avatar

The book Complexity was a big influence on Dee Hock, founder of Visa. He writes about it in his book, One from Many: "...I excitedly shared my amazement that concepts now emerging in science were surprisingly similar to organizational concepts that I had been working with for decades."

And if anyone foreshadows web3, it's Dee Hock. Here's what he wrote in 2005:

"If electronic technology continued to advance, and that seemed certain, two-hundred year old banking oligopolies controlling the custody, loan, and exchange of money would be irrecoverably shattered. Nation-state monopolies on the issuance and control of currency would erode."

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Lee Arthur's avatar

"...people are willing to spend money to be part of something bigger than themselves (particularly if there’s the potential for a return). " This was the meta lesson that can be duplicated you summed up really well, great article loved it.

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