Artists, builders and communities are redefining the future as we know it. Culture3 tells their stories about fulfilling the cultural promise of the internet. We elevate diverse and eclectic voices to exhibit the creative vitality of web3 artistry, the innovative and genuine use cases being developed by web3 builders, and the meaningful communities augmented by and built on web3.

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— technology is changing how people collaborate.
We analyse the societal impact.

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Society

Technology creates a thousand futures, culture determines which one we take

The interplay between technology and culture is underrated. Leo Nasskau explains why technology creates a thousand futures, but culture determines which one we take.

Tina He explains why changemakers of the future will build their movement on blockchain

Tina He is the co-founder and CEO of Station Labs, a web3 tool built to help community leaders grow their communities and achieve real change. She tells Leo Nasskau about why the world is heading towards an increasingly niche cultural landscape, the role of tokens in holding everything together, and how to build communities in a way that scales and works for everyone.

“It is about experience” — Bharat Krymo on how tech will converge to create the next social paradigm

After building a career in big tech, Bharat Krymo has become a prolific art collector and one of the most influential voices in web3. He speaks with Leo Naskau about what motivates him, why artists need a narrative, and how OnCyber is leveraging AI and the metaverse to create the experiential platform of the future. Clovis McEvoy tells the story.

Culture3 and TED create the first TED Tech conference and announce Culture3 Week

Culture3 have partnered with TED to create the first TED Tech event. The forum will kick off Culture3 Week, a four-day festival bringing together the world of art, business and technology to investigate the ideas shaping culture and society.

How crypto is financially empowering women in Latin America

Latin America faces some of the highest inflation rates in the world. An ever increasing amount of the continent’s governments are embracing crypto to help tackle this issue. Meanwhile, crypto is providing a new way for Latin American women to gain financial independence. Preetam Kaushik explores the reasons behind the initiative and speaks with some of the companies driving it forward.

Here’s why teachers are taking their students into the metaverse

Educational institutions are entering the metaverse, using fully immersive experiences paired with virtual reality tech to engage students in schools across the world. The potential to reach hundreds of millions of learners worldwide is making their investment well worth it, as educators embrace extended reality to reach them.

Defining the metaverse — and problems with the media that write about it

The metaverse is the latest in a long line of futuristic ideas to get misrepresented by the tech media. Technology coverage needs to do more than hate on the subjects it writes about, argues Leo Nasskau.

Leo Nasskau

March 30, 2023

Community

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk, founders of Apple, Pinterest, Skype, Ripple, and leading AI researchers call to pause AI research. Here’s why.

Artificial intelligence has shot into the global discourse after increasingly fast progress in the field. That progress has come too fast, argue a group of AI researchers and business leaders led by Elon Musk, Yuval Noah Harari, and Steve Wozniak, creating the potential for an ever accelerating and ever riskier race to deploy advanced AI systems that society already does not fully understand.

Web3 will define a new generation of subcultures

Every cultural movement starts with a group of people with a niche interest and a desire to change the status quo. The NFT movement is no exception. With blue-chip projects having already broken through to mainstream audiences, web3 has the potential to redefine how we create and collaborate on enormous scale, argues Douglass Kobs.

Traditional media is broken. Matt Medved wants to fix it with NFTs.

A beloved DJ and even more successful editor, Matt Medved has led the cultural vanguard for decades. He entered the NFT space to elevate culture, much like he did at Billboard and SPIN in his pre-web3 life. Now he's looking to turn his traditional media schooling upside down, as he tells Leo Nasskau his plan to reinvent it with NFTs. Lea Rose Emery writes the story.

How charities are using the metaverse to reach donors and those in need

Non-profits are increasingly using virtual worlds to create deeper connections and more immersive experiences for the people they serve, while also forging more meaningful relationships with donors. Nick Fouriezos speaks to charity leaders and the experts they rely on to understand what engagement looks like in the digital age.

The communities that want to upgrade your game in web3

You can't make the most of web3 with just a cursory overview. That's why platforms to help you dive deep on how you can use the tech to engage with the world are critical. Randy Ginsburg explores the top platforms and communities dedicated to taking web3 education behind the explainer.

Why charities and NFTs are natural partners

Non-profits and web3 organisations can work together to organically build support for key endeavours, with charities getting access to a new generation of donors and blockchain projects enhancing their ability to build community and do good for the world.

Crypto Tribalism: how the pursuit of genius in web3 creates division

Crypto's tribal culture is rooted to its libertarian origins, but that has to be reconciled with the crypto ecosystem's emphasis on 'genius individuals'. Tyler Scharf explores how the conflict between genius and non-hierarchy leads to factions and conflict.

Dispatch from Denver: Ethereum Builds through the Bear Market

Tens of thousands of enthusiasts gathered for the world's largest Ethereum conference in Denver, Colorado. Jeff Benson explores how the builders are shaping up during the bear market.

Charity's Next Generation of Donors gets Unlocked with Web3

The demographics of giving are changing, with younger donors who increasingly identify as philanthropists donating more, and more often, than past generations. This new wave of donors coincides with major adopters of blockchain-based web3 technologies, presenting an opportunity to engage a particularly generous and dedicated donor base.

How Adimverse is pushing the boundaries of story creation with web3

Adimverse is creating a new way of storytelling. Using creator rooms, they introduce a collaborative aspect to character creation. But what is truly special about their model is that they allow each and every contributor to hold IP rights, as well as to collect royalties.

NFT Paris shows that NFTs aren’t dead

The first big NFT conference of the year was NFT Paris, with attendance from Brigitte Macron and thousands of crypto-natives, making it one of Europe’s landmark web3 conferences. Nina Knaack reviews the event and explains what made it special, and what missed the mark.

TezQuakeAid shows a new way to change the world

TezQuakeAid is bringing the Tezos community together to provide emergency assistance to the disaster-stricken regions of Turkey and Syria. Clovis McEvoy speaks with some of the organisers about the essential work they are doing, and how their organisation might serve as a blueprint for future campaigns.

What the Yacht Club teaches brands that want to stay on top of the world.

NFTs promise to shake up digital ownership, with widespread implications for branding. Yuga Lab’s Bored Ape Yacht Club took the unusual step of handing commercial IP right to its holders, remaining the poster child for commercial IP in the web3 space. Mariquita de Bossière catches up with some of the community members and legacy brands to find out what this means for businesses.

Mariquita de Boissière

February 14, 2023

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Community.

— technology is changing how people collaborate.We analyse the societal impact.

Technology creates a thousand futures, culture determines which one we take

Tina He explains why changemakers of the future will build their movement on blockchain

“It is about experience” — Bharat Krymo on how tech will converge to create the next social paradigm

Culture3 and TED create the first TED Tech conference and announce Culture3 Week

How crypto is financially empowering women in Latin America

Here’s why teachers are taking their students into the metaverse

Defining the metaverse — and problems with the media that write about it

Elon Musk, founders of Apple, Pinterest, Skype, Ripple, and leading AI researchers call to pause AI research. Here’s why.

Web3 will define a new generation of subcultures

Traditional media is broken. Matt Medved wants to fix it with NFTs.

How charities are using the metaverse to reach donors and those in need

The communities that want to upgrade your game in web3

Why charities and NFTs are natural partners

Crypto Tribalism: how the pursuit of genius in web3 creates division

Dispatch from Denver: Ethereum Builds through the Bear Market

Charity's Next Generation of Donors gets Unlocked with Web3

How Adimverse is pushing the boundaries of story creation with web3

NFT Paris shows that NFTs aren’t dead

TezQuakeAid shows a new way to change the world

What the Yacht Club teaches brands that want to stay on top of the world.

“We need to do more than make current users happy; we need to start thinking about bigger stuff. What will excite users who aren't in the space yet?” — Shokunin

— technology is changing how people collaborate.
We analyse the societal impact.