Who are you?
I’m Santi Cristobal, founder of Solow, a free academy for builders in Latam. I believe education is the best chance to build a better future, that’s why I’ve been working in crypto education for the last 2 years.
Why do you want to become a badgeholder?
Born and raised in Argentina, I’ve seen first-hand all the pain and suffering shitty economic systems can bring to people. As a kid, I dreamed of studying philosophy and coming up with a breathtaking new philosophical system that would take the best out of capitalism and improve it so that everyone would be better off. I soon realized I’m not smart enough to do that and followed a different path.
The idea, however, didn’t die. I wrote my master’s thesis on ‘Social businesses and how they could reduce inequality of opportunities’. I’m convinced for-profit organizations that have a societal impact embedded into their commercial activities are the key to getting the brightest minds in the world to work on society’s bigger problems. And that’s EXACTLY what I found in the Optimistic Vision.
After 2 years of focusing almost exclusively on Solow, and our mission of making quality crypto education available to everyone in Latam, I now feel ready to take on new responsibilities and challenges and couldn’t think of an ecosystem that’s more aligned with my own personal view of the world.
What are your areas of expertise?
I consider myself a jack of all fools and master of none. That’s just a fancy way of saying I’m not an expert in any given subject, but I do have plenty of experience in education, community building, and marketing.
I also worked on building a Public Good for the last 2 years and did technical research for institutions such as Mastercard and VISA.
Contact Points
Telegram: santicristobal
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scristobal94
Other information
I’d like to share Solow links so you can check out our work:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/solowcripto
Website: https://solow.io/
Discord: Discord
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@solowcripto
We participated in season 4, intent 3 with a proposal to Spread the Optimistic Vision across Latam and are currently working on it: