People are talking about Web3. Is it the Internet of the future or just a buzzword?

Image caption: Web3, short for web 3.0, is a vision of the future of the Internet in which people operate on decentralized, quasi-anonymous platforms, rather than depend on tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter. Image credit: Ani_Ka / Getty Images. Article by Bobby Allyn. NPR – November 21, 2021.

There’s a buzzword that tech, crypto and venture-capital types have become infatuated with lately. Conversations are now peppered with it, and you’re not serious about the future until you add it to your Twitter bio: Web3. It’s an umbrella term for disparate ideas all pointing in the direction of […]

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