Gods in the Machine, Commons in the Soil: A Fireside Chat with Nathan Schneider
Join us for a special fireside chat on sacred systems, digital localism, and the future of value with Nathan Schneider and Crystal Street.
We’ve spent the last decade building cathedrals in the cloud—platforms, blockchains, and agent swarms reaching for infinite scale, universal abstraction, and frictionless control. But on the ground, communities are asking a different question: What does it mean to build resilient systems of value rooted in place?
In this timely fireside chat, Nathan and Crystal invite us to sink back into the soil and explore how decentralization, web3 protocols, and AI can serve as scaffolding for a (re)grounded economic future. One that doesn’t scale infinitely, but coheres locally.
Drawing on research in platform cooperativism, exit-to-community strategies, and democratic design, this dialogue calls for a re-enchantment of our protocols—one rooted in mutual care, pluralist governance, and spiritual humility. The question isn't whether code should become religion... it already has—and now together we must decide what's worth worshipping.
Bites & Bevs (6-7pm)
Local Pizza (Redeemer RiNo)
Open Bar (Dylan Alito, BarBar Drinks)
Fireside Chat (7-8pm)
Nathan Schneider, CU Boulder
Partners + Sponsors
Mile-High Minds. Global Impact.
The doors are closed; the minds are open—If you know, you know; if you’re ready, you’re welcome!