# 🎙 90 - 5 Mental Models for Web3 | Chris Dixon

*Author: David Hoffman*
*Published: Nov 1, 2021*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/-90-5-mental-models-for-web3-chris*

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**Chris Dixon** is a general partner at a16z, and gives Bankless listeners a masterclass in understanding the Web3 Metaverse in this episode.

There are five essential mental models to understanding why Web3 matters, and they overlap often throughout the course of the conversation. Web3 has begun to impact all corners of digital culture – from media to finance, art and gaming, and even identity.

Mental models allow for digestible thinking patterns to understand and predict the world, and Chris lays out how these new digital primitives are changing everything.

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#### RESOURCES
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- [Why Web3 Matters](https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1442201621266534402?s=20)
- [Why Decentralization Matters](https://cdixon.org/2018/02/18/why-decentralization-matters)

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