the contextual web 1/2

Immediately after learning about NFTs, my mind shifted to the implications the "own-able internet" would have on platforms, and the way individuals interact online.

Then after meeting Evin, learning about verifiable credentials, and bridging technical solutions to many of the questions I'd deemed unanswerable years prior, it all made sense.

We reached escape velocity on the web when our imaginations outpaced the activities available. in fact, we now yearn to break through the invisible walls that bind our interactions online. with our online and offline identities constantly at odds, our many selves separated only by the thin lines of the windows with which we interact, we are exhausted.

tired of context switching between work and personal life.
tired of being constantly available simply because there are more minutes in a day.
tired of not just being ourselves.

To me, the opportunity for disruption lies mostly with the individual.

The "user"

The truth is, that's where the power always has been. But we finally have a way to harness it. Web3, the contextual web, will allow us to finally change the transactions with which parts of ourselves are the currency.

Our data. The difference won't be that it's all public. It won't be that it's "on-chain". The difference will be that it's ours.

That we finally have control of the one thing that matters most to us. The thing that's been most valuable to everyone all along.

The stories we tell ourselves. About ourselves.
The information companies have been using to manipulate us into driving their bottom lines up forever.
The lifeblood of all technology.

Our identities.

And if we own our own data. We're going to need somewhere to put it. Enter, data backpacks.