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My Celo Prosper Retreat Experience

Tian-Yuan Zhao
6 min readDec 1, 2019

A while ago I had written this article about how I went from hating & being ambivalent towards the world of business & technology respectively to loving both worlds deeply & widely.

In it, I come to the conclusion that the worlds of business & technology if used properly, proficiently, and progressively — can enhance, enable, and empower humanity towards a place of righteousness in the most scalable, sustainable, and systemic of manners.

Ever since then, I came to formulate my raison d’être — the 3 pillars of my life, that which being design + exponential + systems thinking. Within each of these pillars — the worlds of digital design, distributed computing (blockchain), and circular economics as well as social impact as a whole constitute the specifics of my passions.

Fast forward to 2018, when I first found out about Celo — a company that lies at the intersection of all those 3 worlds: design + exponential +…

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Tian-Yuan Zhao
Tian-Yuan Zhao

Written by Tian-Yuan Zhao

Toronto-based Digital Product Designer Who puts the “passion” in “compassion” I’m currently doing human factors work within the blockchain & fintech worlds.

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