Onwrd Ep. 31 - On Making Web3 Accessible with Jonny Zerah of Status

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Marshall McLuhan once wrote, "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.”

Consider how the internet has shaped reality in less than a quarter century. While human’s are great at creating tools, we have a shockingly poor ability to understand the implication of our tools when the world takes hold of them. I share all this as context as we enter the unknown and race to build tools to solve today’s problems. I continue to find hope and inspiration in the burgeoning blockchain space. People unconstrained by borders, regulations, and technological barriers - building tools to solve some of the largest most fundamental challenges society faces. But as McLuhan warns us, we create tools, then the tools create us. So, today I am excited to enter into a conversation with a blockchain platform that is building their tools with humans at the center - carefully considering the implications and impacts of their tools, not simply building fancy functions and mind boggling buttons.

Today we’re in conversation with Status. Status is a completely open source community, created by contributors all over the world. Developers, designers, creators, educators, hobbyists, enthusiasts, and more – everyone has free and open access to add, edit, review and contribute to the platform. Status strives to be a secure communication tool that upholds human rights, enables community money, forwards community law and through privacy, preserves culture. Join me as we continue our journey, learning about social innovations with Jonny Zerah of Status

Learn More at:
- Twitter: @ethstatus
- Discord: discordapp.com/invite/3Exux7Y
- Website: status.im/
- Download the App: play.google.com/store/apps/detail…m.status.ethereum

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