101 - The Ownership Economy | Li Jin

Li Jin is a co-founder and general partner at Variant, a crypto fund investing in Web3 and what Li calls the Ownership Economy. Li is full of massive ideas about the past, present, and future of digital economies.

The core thesis? Next-generation networks grow faster and bigger. The phase we're seeing emerge now with Web3 and crypto is deeply fascinating, with potential to shift power and ownership into the hands of users and creators.

In this new paradigm, everyone is a creator, and everyone is an owner. In addition to her work at Variant, Li is also a painter and an accomplished writer on Substack. After her appearance on the Creator Economy Panel, we knew she had to come back on Bankless to dive deep—this time, into the Ownership Economy.

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 6:30 Creator vs Ownership Economy 12:58 Phases of Economies 17:34 The Web3 Renaissance 21:53 Issues with the Early Internet 27:11 Original Sin 35:11 From Attention to Ownership 38:48 Digital Scarcity 47:41 Patronage Plus vs Regulation 52:59 100 True Fans 1:01:17 Programmable Business Models 1:09:17 DAOs & Community Ownership 1:14:48 Comparing Renaissances 1:21:36 Wealth Inequality 1:29:58 What YOU Can Do 1:35:23 What ELSE You Can Do 1:38:54 2022 Predictions 1:42:35 Closing & Disclaimers

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Li on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ljin18?s=20 

Li's Newsletter: https://li.substack.com/ 

The Web3 Renaissance: https://li.substack.com/p/the-web3-renaissance-a-golden-age 

100 True Fans: https://li-jin.co/2020/02/19/100-true-fans/ 

The Creator Economy: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-panel-the-creator-economy-jesse 

Tweets Mentioned: https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1434964132042846208  https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1422928459425271811  https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1404650885788098562 

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