Prior to the release of the Macintosh, the philosophy was paramount. Leaders like Steve Jobs were molded by the counterculture of the 60s, which embodied a rejection of the corporate uniformity and mass media dominance inherited from the 1950s.
While technology evolves, the ethos remains unchanged.
Web3 didn’t start with Bitcoin, nor is it simply “Web2 with tokens.” It belongs to a much longer lineage that stretches from the personal computer to the early internet.
These are tools designed to shift power from institutions to individuals.