BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY
What is discussed
AskMonty AI editorial noteSource consulted:
In December 2021, Marco asks which technological changes might become important enough to guide work and business decisions. After references to Matrix and Kevin Kelly, he applies the idea to decentralised finance, play-to-earn games, NFTs and direct relationships between creators and their audiences. The thread running through his outlook at the time is the value that might be shared with the people who make platforms possible. He does not, however, expect banks and publishers simply to disappear: he imagines new services for audiences with different needs and adoption taking longer than expected. These are historical expectations and judgments, without verified outcomes or present-day investment guidance.
Key points
- Asking about inevitability is a way to seek a direction without claiming an exact forecast.
- Criticism of banks and interest in DeFi reflect the speaker’s perspective in 2021.
- For play-to-earn games and platforms, he imagines economic incentives shared more widely with communities.
- For creators and artists, he envisages more direct audience relationships, citing NFTs and royalties as examples.
- Banks, publishers and other intermediaries could retain a role if they provide added value.
- Adoption times, skills and trust may produce different markets and slow change.
