LH #54 What Rough Beast with David Lockie

John talks to David Lockie, an entrepreneur and investor in leading-edge web technologies who is Co-chair of the British Interactive Media Association's Blockchain Counsel and passionate about blockchain, open source software and crypto. Over the last two decades, the internet and the world wide web have had transformative effects on workplace learning. Now around the corner is Web 3, and everything's about to change all over again. So what is Web 3, and will it be good news for those now forging careers in the learning profession – or bad?

• 0:00 - Intro
• 4:02 The BIMA Blockchain Council
• 6:56 What is Web 3.0?
• 18:11 - Implications for Learning
• 29:14 How ideal is this vision?
• 37:57 - DAOs
• 42:18 - Advice for L&D people
• 44:47 - Where to follow David's work

David's links on microcredentials and DAOs:

• https://galaxy.eco/
• https://www.accredible.com/
• https://info.credly.com/
• https://www.pwc.co.uk/blockchain/smart-credentials.htm/
• Balaji Srinivasan: https://tim.blog/2021/11/15/balaji-srinivasan-2/ , https://tim.blog/2021/03/24/balaji-srinivasan/
• 1729: https://1729.com/

Follow David:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlockie/
• Twitter: @pragmaticweb
• Website (includes a link to his Notion): https://www.divydovy.com/

Contact John Helmer

• Twitter: @johnhelmer
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/
• Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

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