Claire Gallant - Gender, Tech and Futurism

Claire Gallant is a talented cryptoasset and blockchain technologies researcher, token designer and educator. She is a payment advisor for Payfirma, and a well-known community organizer and advocate for technology innovation as opportunities to establish new forms of value creation and social transformation. Claire is the Organizer of Women in Blockchain Vancouver, Organizer of the Gender Dynamics Speakers Series 2018 through Co[i]nfluence, and Organizer of the BC Blockchain Forum and the Spotlight on Women in Blockchain Roundtable. For comprehensive shownotes and links in the episode take a look below or click the episode title.

Written by Alexandra Moxin

“Dare to Dream in the Absolute” - Claire Gallant

Claire Gallant is a talented cryptoasset and blockchain technologies researcher, token designer and educator. She is a payment advisor for Payfirma, and a well-known community organizer and advocate for technology innovation as opportunities to establish new forms of value creation and social transformation.

Claire is the Organizer of Women in Blockchain Vancouver, Organizer of the Gender Dynamics Speakers Series 2018 through Co[i]nfluence, and Organizer of the BC Blockchain Forum and the Spotlight on Women in Blockchain Roundtable.

We cover a lot about power, money, gender dynamics and the economy in this episode so get comfortable and hope you enjoy!

Claire’s background and how she got into blockchain
Tranference of value
Empowerment by access to financial services and payment systems
True value
Consentual economics
Time as a concept, measurement, perception and the physics of time
Plato’s Cave Debate with the BC Blockchain Forum
The impact of cognitive science and psychology
BC Blockchain Forum Roundtables
Claire’s intention for the BC Blockchain Forum: Women in Blockchain Roundtable
Decentralization and redistribution of wealth
Liquid democracy and how this impacts investing
Building new systems, parallels to the green energy economy
Universal Basic Income
Experimenting with New Economic Models
The basic tenets and concepts of Effective Altruism
Macro and micro economics
The Grimean Bank and enabling small change through micro loans
Gender dynamics in the economy
Tokenized value in the not-for-profit sector
The emergence of the Social Impact Economy and Business
Access to information and empowering the individual
Encouraging media literacy
The Gender Dynamics Speaker Series at Unbounce
The philosophy of monetizing initiatives and giving your money, effort or time
Value and gender inequality in the job market
Accepting and valuing the feminine in society
Redefining power and decentralizing leadership
What initiatives Claire is looking forward to with the BC Blockchain Forum this year
Claire’s closing comments for listeners

If you’re interested in participating in the BC Blockchain Forum: Women in Blockchain Roundtable reach out to Claire by [email](mailto: [email protected]). You can also reach Claire at @LauraGlass64 on twitter, on facebook and the Women in Blockchain Vancouver Meetup Group!

Claire Gallant on LinkedIn
Claire on Facebook
Claire on Twitter
Centre for Sex and Culture, San Francisco
Centre for Effective Altruism
DCTRL
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Plato’s Cave
Timing Research Forum
International Society for the Study of Time
Émilie du Châtelet Crypto Philosophy Salon, March 8th
Women in Blockchain Vancouver Meetup Group
Andreas Antonopolous on YouTube
Peter Todd
The Economic Security Project
Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) Initiative
Homeless Hub - Housing First Initiative
Give Well
Give Directly
Effective Altruism
Grameen Bank
BC Blockchain Forum
The Crypto and Blockchain Generation Master(N)ode: Distributed Leadership and Organizational Development in the Crypto and Token Economy: Principles, Pathways and Practices on Medium