Raphi

About Raphi

Systems Thinker, Visionary, Holochain Community Builder and Content Creator, Supporter and Organizer of Collaborative Sustainability Projects, Board Member of the Housing Cooperative NeNa 1 in Zürich

I’m Raphi, from Zürich, Switzerland. I got involved early in several community and sustainability projects because of my deep interest in collaborative and sustainable systems. A common occurrence in these projects was to experience a constant struggle due to a lack of quality project management and efficient organization and workflow.

As a passionate photographer and designer, I recently started to move more into video productions. I get to combine photography with the telling of invigorating and inspiring stories. My main focus is humanity’s future environments.

While I still work part time at the University of Zürich in an office job, I’m also becoming a hApp developer. My goal is to build the project and workflow management tools we need for more efficient and successful projects.

Why did you choose to get involved in the community work of Holo, as opposed to other projects?

During my basic business and economic education there was something that didn’t seem right about the socioeconomic system, but I couldn’t quite grasp it. It’s something that results in harm inflicted on many people and leads to a misalignment between the economy and the ecosystem. Later, the idea of Resource Based Economy found me and helped me to see through the shadows. I started to understand the misalignment caused by many of the central mechanisms in society and the economy.

A long journey followed — through movements, ideas, and discussions. I was on constant lookout for ways to move into a new paradigm, where humanity re-aligns itself with the ecosystem it depends upon. I had found many ideas and visions of new systems, but the actions that could lead society from the old system to the new were always missing.

With Holochain I found this missing piece, the bridge between the old paradigm and the new. We need a way to set collective goals and guide the actions of individuals towards those goals with clear feedback — this could take the form of incentive and discouragement. What we need is a global nervous system of humanity as a whole — a system that guides and combines individual actions towards a greater outcome and one that separate individuals could not achieve on their own.

For example, take how the brain of a child works. New synapses are created and new abilities are developed through continuous action. Existing pathways are strengthened and adapting to the ever-changing needs of its host. Holochain is like those synapses; it allows pathways to grow and evolve with the needs and use of its host — humanity. I am certain that a system of this complexity cannot be created by a single group of people. It needs to grow with the host and its needs.

The depth of the technology pulled me in on an intellectual level — the genius of the many underlying mechanisms. The people behind Holochain also hold a deep and personal understanding of the world, its people, and the deeper values. All of that is reflected in their community and the projects being built with Holochain — it leads to an amazing collaborative spirit that makes me feel at home. What’s more, I get to learn and grow in the whole process and help the community grow.

Holochain is not just a technology for me. It is a growing, evolving ecosystem and exactly what so many people and projects have been waiting for — myself included.

What accomplishments, highlights, or goals would you like to share regarding growing and expanding the community?

Accomplishments

Answering many basic questions about Holochain and Holo

Helping people understand Holochain and Holo and differentiate between the two

Helping people and projects integrate Holochain

Moderating the main Telegram Channel

Supported the Junto Spotlight Week

Edited videos like hAppy Hour and the HoloPort Updates

Created the Swiss Holo Telegram channel https://t.me/Holo_CH

Highlights

Created the videos for the RedGrid Spotlight Week

Recorded interviews

Helped initiate the first Meetup in Zürich

Advising and supporting companies and projects in Switzerland

Goals

Becoming a Holochain developer

Building an active Swiss community

Building a project and workflow management toolset

Building community and collaborative toolsets

Contributing to a vibrant ecosystem

It’s really only the beginning for me… :-)

I decided quite a while ago to try to provide value in some form in whatever I do. With this intention, I joined the community and to my surprise, that created a good reputation over time. I began to receive more and more opportunities to participate and provide deeper value in the form of videos and interviews, and recently, inputs for projects and developers.

What is your superpower?

It’s a combination of careful observation, imagination, and systemic thinking. This allows me to understand, break down, and explain the deeper mechanisms behind Holochain, Holo, and HoloFuel, as well as broader economical, societal, and ecological systems.

Join me on the official Telegram Channel for questions or to talk about the ecosystem! https://t.me/channelholo

If you are in Switzerland, I would love to meet for a beer to chat about Holochain, its potential, and projects or ideas.

If you are interested in building a holistic Project and Workflow Management Toolset on Holochain, please get in touch. I’d love to see how we can work together!

Also, visit my website for more information on what I’m doing.

www.raphisee.com

Check out the video interview.