NEW BOOK IN PREP! Crypto and the Remote Work Economy
By now, we’ve almost all at least heard about NFTs, crypto, and web3. (If not, read up my writing on livingopera.medium.com with the latest news and thought leadership coming from us at Living Opera—an art-technology startup producing web3 multimedia!) Moreover, there’s a general recognition that at least some dimension of hybrid work is here to stay.
Technology itself is not a panacea to the challenges that we face on both a personal and macro level, but it can be a source of empowerment—if we know how to use it properly.
Unfortunately, technology can be intimidating… even for me—and I’m on my computer working the bulk of each day!
I believe scholars and entrepreneurs have a responsibility to create edifying and enriching use cases of technology and explain how to leverage it for human flourishing. Admittedly, there’s already some of that: Bankless, for example, is a very educational newsletter about crypto, but they are targeting a somewhat savvy crypto audience about detailed news and information.
That’s why I am working on a new book, tentatively titled: “How to Make Decentralized Finance and the Remote Economy Work for You.”
While I will be talking about it more in the coming months, the goal is to educate people with a base knowledge around web3 concepts and equip them with practical and actionable steps that they can take so that they’re empowered, not enslaved, by technology.
Here are example topics:
What are cryptocurrencies and other digital assets?
What is blockchain and how are transactions recorded on it?
What is decentralized finance and how does it differ from centralized finance?
How can individuals engage with DeFi even if they don’t have thousands of dollars to invest?
What are the patterns around remote work and its incidence?
What are examples of new skills and jobs that are becoming available?
How can you leverage the remote work economy so that you have multiple streams of income?
It’s not done yet, so am looking forward to incorporating feedback as well! What would you find most helpful, and what areas are not given enough attention in the existing literature?