A learning DAO exploring the impact of crypto on culture and society.
The UnSemester: Toward Decentralized Learning
What’s an UnSemester?Starting now and through the end of the year, we’re welcoming everyone back to campus for a series of community-focused events, collaboration, learning, and building. The goal: to actively co-create learning experiences together while simultaneously building a renewed foundation for CCS’s future. In a nutshell, the UnSemester is a regenerative phase/season/revolution prior to launching a Semester III in the new year. Like an unconference but with web3 mechanics that exten...
The UnSemester: Toward Decentralized Learning
What’s an UnSemester?Starting now and through the end of the year, we’re welcoming everyone back to campus for a series of community-focused events, collaboration, learning, and building. The goal: to actively co-create learning experiences together while simultaneously building a renewed foundation for CCS’s future. In a nutshell, the UnSemester is a regenerative phase/season/revolution prior to launching a Semester III in the new year. Like an unconference but with web3 mechanics that exten...
The Power of Metaphor! Using Our Lenses to Enrich Web3 Communities
Master community architects Rafa and David Spinks joined Crypto, Culture, and Society to talk about using metaphors as a tool for building healthy communities in Web3. Known for combining organizational design theory with digital-first community practice, Rafa is the community lead at Mirror and a contributor at Cabin and other DAOs. David cofounded CMX and led community at Bevy until recently. He is the author of The Business of Belonging and host of the Masters of Community podcast. Web3 ha...
The Power of Metaphor! Using Our Lenses to Enrich Web3 Communities
Master community architects Rafa and David Spinks joined Crypto, Culture, and Society to talk about using metaphors as a tool for building healthy communities in Web3. Known for combining organizational design theory with digital-first community practice, Rafa is the community lead at Mirror and a contributor at Cabin and other DAOs. David cofounded CMX and led community at Bevy until recently. He is the author of The Business of Belonging and host of the Masters of Community podcast. Web3 ha...
Show Up! The Ballad of a Music NFT Queen
Crypto, Culture, & Society hosted breakthrough multimedia artists Latashá and Sirsu for a lively talk about Latashá’s pioneering approach to cultivating community, talent, and attention in the NFT space. This is a condensed and edited version of their conversation. Sirsu: Through the creative use of sound, film, and photography, Latashá has carved out a place for herself at the vanguard of the crypto art world. It’s remarkable for many reasons, not least of which is that she is, for all inten...
Show Up! The Ballad of a Music NFT Queen
Crypto, Culture, & Society hosted breakthrough multimedia artists Latashá and Sirsu for a lively talk about Latashá’s pioneering approach to cultivating community, talent, and attention in the NFT space. This is a condensed and edited version of their conversation. Sirsu: Through the creative use of sound, film, and photography, Latashá has carved out a place for herself at the vanguard of the crypto art world. It’s remarkable for many reasons, not least of which is that she is, for all inten...
The Stories in the Machine
Pioneering web3 technologist, writer, and artist Simon de la Rouviere, founder of Untitled Frontier, came to CCS for a mind-expanding talk on the new frontier for narratives and storytelling. When new mediums arise, so too do new possibilities for communication. As web3 continues to take shape, one of the biggest questions artists, writers, and builders are currently exploring is, what are the inherent strengths and weaknesses of the medium? And how can we use it to create new dimensions in s...
The Stories in the Machine
Pioneering web3 technologist, writer, and artist Simon de la Rouviere, founder of Untitled Frontier, came to CCS for a mind-expanding talk on the new frontier for narratives and storytelling. When new mediums arise, so too do new possibilities for communication. As web3 continues to take shape, one of the biggest questions artists, writers, and builders are currently exploring is, what are the inherent strengths and weaknesses of the medium? And how can we use it to create new dimensions in s...
Bringing More Humanity to Web3
Antoine Sakho, a product leader with over ten years of experience shipping award-winning apps to 100+ million users (he was Head of Product at Busuu, which was acquired by Chegg), is currently working with TwoPlus to support Mental Fitness in the DAO ecosystem. He recently joined Crypto, Culture, & Society to deliver a talk on the intersection of Web3 and mental health. As we become all starry-eyed about the potential of Web3 tech, many of us find ourselves stepping back and asking whether it...
Bringing More Humanity to Web3
Antoine Sakho, a product leader with over ten years of experience shipping award-winning apps to 100+ million users (he was Head of Product at Busuu, which was acquired by Chegg), is currently working with TwoPlus to support Mental Fitness in the DAO ecosystem. He recently joined Crypto, Culture, & Society to deliver a talk on the intersection of Web3 and mental health. As we become all starry-eyed about the potential of Web3 tech, many of us find ourselves stepping back and asking whether it...
