I recently had a powerful conversation about Web3, identity, and what it means to grow up between cultures.

As someone born in the Soviet Union to a Korean father and Russian mother — then raised in South Korea during a time of massive political and economic transition — I experienced firsthand what “fragile systems” feel like.

Today, the Interac EFTs and Venmos of the world feel seamless… but only inside their own ecosystems and borders. Fast ≠ borderless.

With Web1 we learned to read.

With Web2 we learned to write and share ideas.

Now Web3 lets us own and move value.

For the first time, money, assets, and ownership can travel as natively as information — reducing reliance on intermediaries, even if it’s not yet frictionless but it’s moving in the right direction!

Same internet.

New primitive.

From moving ideas to moving value. 🤘

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NStQ5GDFLHk

What Fragile Systems Look Like

• Bank accounts frozen
• Currencies devalued
• Governments changing overnight
• Money that may — or may not — arrive

Before Amazon.

Before instant transfers.

Before fintech.