Finance as culture

Admittedly, I thought a bunch of the ICOs in 2017 were a joke, I don't believe that many of the NFTs today will hold value, I don't find the asset price increases of meme images intellectually interesting, I think a lot of these “communities” are overrated, and despite being a beneficiary financially of this movement, I am a bit mindblown/bothered ... See more

If you’re on the left, when you hear the word “finance”, you’ll likely think of a hyper-individualised pursuit of personal wealth, or the power that large financial institutions have had over society, especially in the fallout of the 2008 recession. If you’re on the right, you may think of the more “entrepreneurial” aspects we associate with financ

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Technology, new fund structures, and regulatory changes are combining to work their magic here, too. Platforms like AngelList and Forge give regular (albeit, currently, high net worth) people the opportunity to access high risk, high reward venture investments, from early to late stage, and even in the public markets.