Joan’s Index

I write a bi-weekly newsletter, featuring essays on tech, humans and economics.

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Joan Westenberg is a seasoned writer focused on tech and economics. She was honoured as one of the top 100 innovators by the Australian. Joan has written for Wired, The Australian Financial Review, the SF Chronicle, The Saturday Paper, Chainsaw, Yahoo,  TIME, Inc, the ABC, Crikey and others. Beyond her writing, Joan is an advisor to Culture Vault and MODA DAO, fusing her technological expertise with her passion for cultural innovation. Joan has spoken at SXSW, NFTfest, Microsoft Ignite, Web Summit etc.

Joan Westenberg

Chasing Financial Equality For Humanity @ Maslow. Ex Child, Ex Boyfriend, multiple exits from awkward conversations. I’m neurodiverse, queer and tend to offend the ‘not all men’ crowd 🫣

I'm a human who's done stuff and could do more stuff in the future. Some of that stuff is the kind of stuff others put in their bios as if any of us care. We don't. We care about our families, and feeling safe, and the things that make us grin from ear to ear like we're children. That's who I am. Just as it's who you are. We are same. 

I'm committed to systems change in the largest industry on earth because it's the largest lever we can pull to improve life for billions of people. Changing who the finance industry benefits will lead to conversations humanity is currently not equipped to have today - the conversations needed if we're going to be here in 200 years time. 

Things I've learned: 
As a Cleaner - People are messy but expect others to be clean. 
As a Waiter - Human interaction is the joy in life. 
As a Paramedic - People need healthcare, but first need society to care.
Volunteering  - People with disabilities are often holistically more able than the able bodied.
Cooking for others - Those without food are the most generous people.
Training as an Army Officer - Good leaders make themselves redundant.
Studying Psychology - people's 'why' is everything. 
Studying Law - Two wrongs can’t make a right. 
Running a Managed Fund - the finance industry is fu*ked. 
When I was poor - I learned that happiness comes from within.
As a Queer Autistic Jew - my existence offends many people.
As an anti-zionist Jew - Jewish people are some of the worst affronts to Jewish Culture. 

Social media is not a place where any person has an obligation to respond to the comments of others. If you disagree with me, do so with respect and you'll receive bucketloads in return.  If I block you it's because you've been dishonest, abusive, threatening, or otherwise suggested you lack respect for others. It will have been because you placed your opinion above someone else's humanity.

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