Open, collaborative protocols > centralized services.
Impact on people > impact on capital.
Impact on communities > impact on individuals.
Human rights > capital rights.
Distributed equity > limited ownership.
Distributing equity > adding value to exclusionary systems.
Sustainability > get-rich-quick.
Building value > building wealth.
Serving underlying human needs > prescriptiveness for one particular approach, business model, financing strategy, or underlying technology.
Listening, building, and testing > talking.
The best listeners in the room > the smartest people in the room.
Radical inclusion and empathy > radical individualism.
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