There’s general anecdotal consensus that “we need better UX” in web3 but there isn’t a coherent culture around what that means, how to create this mythical “better UX”, and what kinds of ideas exist about how to get to a more evolved state. 

To start creating standards, we must have a shared understanding (language) around the best practices and common thinking patterns of other builders. MUTUAL has taken the initiative to start building a series of research-based containers that all work together to create a system of reputation and checks+balances between public contributors- which we call the MUTUAL Framework. 

As of launching publicly a few months ago, there has been widespread positive reception to MUTUAL’s mission. Shortly after launching, we were invited to host a conversation at Gitcoin’s Schelling Point conference in Paris about “Cultivating a Mutual Design Culture in the Onchain Era”. Our takeaway from that conversation (participants included heads of ENS DAO, POAP, Protein, Gitcoin marketing, among others) is that a collective like MUTUAL is very needed, and a public research library is what the community has been missing.