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>with Web3/NFTs/cryptocurrency people are building an abstraction layer on top of the web and want to decentralize all the things, which is good to see

Hate to disappoint, but decentralization won't happen at any real scale. The "sameiest" thing of all will be the manner by which the democratizing hope of technology is once again dashed as it's recaptured by capital (as with the Internet itself). It's already happening.

See: all of the VCs currently touting Web3, NFTs, etc as if they discovered it.

There will be a few new winners, but they will largely win through centralization, and will frequently have the support of incumbents/capital.



The new boss; same as the old boss.




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