For those unfamiliar with Other Internet, they’re on a mission to better understand how digitalisation shapes our minds, societies and economies – and to figure out how we can all use new media technologies for good. Think of them as curious explorers charting a path toward a future where tech works for people, not against them.
As a research collective, they recognised the significance of these new models, and became both a leading participant and a keen observer of Web3’s institutionally disruptive technology scene, generating a body of work and ideas that have permeated contemporary discourse, including: squad wealth, the lore zone, public goods funding models and headless brands (which was the inspiration for our permissionless brands piece).