If you were to ask a person what they believe in, their first thought would likely be religion, followed by friendship, love, and other similar concepts. However, we rarely consider our beliefs in regard to companies, money, and other things whose value exists solely in our minds.
We have given ourselves the name "human," even though at one time, the category of "human" included at least six different species. One reason we have survived while others have not is due to the "cognitive revolution," which gave us the ability to believe in both truth and delusion.
The cognitive revolution refers to the emergence of new ways of thinking and communicating those thoughts through language.
Humans began to think and communicate using verbal language - that is, categories. These categories can be highly abstract. As far as we know, only humans can discuss contradictory and hypothetical objects and phenomena.
The ability to contemplate non-existent things allows us to create religions, negotiate the purchasing power of money, and believe in the existence of companies that are not so different from any other official religion.
Thanks to our agreements, Porsche will not disappear if the owner or all employees are removed. Even if all buildings are gone, the company will still exist. But if the legal entity is closed, and the factories and employees remain, the company will still disappear.
Examples of collective imagination include the family institution, love, states and their laws, currency, mathematics, and much more. And we believe in many of these things.
The concept of Web 3 is not a company; it is a community of people united by the belief that blockchain technology allows them to regain control and responsibility for the development of the internet network.
And the only thing that needs to be done to create the best development scenario is to believe in the success of Web3 and develop it, moving towards solarpunk, not cyberpunk.
We create what we believe in - belief takes the form of companies, money, competition, decentralization, openness, and security.