Philosophy for Builders

The author argues that builders of Web3 social platforms, protocols and tools should design from behind John Rawls' "veil of ignorance," so that the systems they create give equal opportunity and maximize the outcome for the least advantaged. Drawing on Rawls' maximin principle, the post uses a ten-person media ecosystem example to argue that rewarding writers and readers fairly serves everyone better than a purely equal split. It applies this to Warpcast, where it says that concentrating $DEGEN tip allowances among the "Top 1000" users, while many need 10,000 $DEGEN to tip at all, fails Rawls' principles.