The major themes of this shift are the metaverse and web3 movements. They are two sides of the same coin, creating a new front- and backend of the Web. Where metaverse uses new tech like extended reality and AI to create new ways of digital interaction, web3 is using blockchain and tokenization to build a more distributed data layer into the intern... See more

I’m tracking the emergence of the Metaverse around eight core categories, which can be thought of as a stack...

And if games like this reach anywhere near the scale of Fortnite, Minecraft & Roblox et al, think about how to appraise real estate that gives you access to millions of digital pedestrians (foot traffic) every day. The opportunity would be akin to buying an acre of Manhattan for $200 in the early 1800’s.

Now in the 2020s, as Web3 develops and a new era of digital ownership begins, creatives will be richly rewarded to the extent that they have the creative skill of building community around themselves – those creatives who best invent context and stories. It might be that this skill, more than the art itself, is what triggers unusual amounts of mone... See more