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Mar 2022
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110 - The Internet Reset | Alexis Ohania...

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About this episode

Alexis Ohanian is the Co-Founder of Reddit, as well as the Founder of venture capital firm SevenSevenSix. As a builder-turned-technology entrepreneur, Alexis is focused on making the world a better place through novel projects and initiatives like Coinbase, Axie Infinity, Opensea, and Riverside (which we used to record this episode!)

We explore how Alexis would rebuild Reddit for Web3, and how many emergent behaviors in the early days of Reddit and the internet are surfacing again—this time, on steroids with crypto-enabled communities. Alexis is concerned with empowering the good parts about internet culture, doubling down on the importance of community and culture.

Tune in for sage advice on investment insights and investor cheat codes—where are the next opportunities? Wherever they are, Alexis is sure to be found there.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
6:00 Alexis Ohanian is Having Fun
8:57 Getting Into Crypto
16:40 Reddit and Web3
24:52 Emergent Behaviors
34:00 Rebuilding a Web3 Reddit
39:38 Internet Reputation
45:00 Permissionless Web3
53:52 What’s on the Horizon?
1:00:26 Seven Seven Six
1:04:10 The Case for Optimism
1:07:24 Closing & Disclaimers

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Resources:

Alexis on Twitter
https://twitter.com/alexisohanian?s=20&t=YFn8AnfCSkaWdAxctt9QXw 
SevenSevenSix
https://twitter.com/sevensevensix?s=20&t=YFn8AnfCSkaWdAxctt9QXw 
Alexis’ Art
https://opensea.io/assets/0xb6329bd2741c4e5e91e26c4e653db643e74b2b19/696 

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