@shanny
This is a really thoughtful piece — appreciate you sharing it
The “infinite garden” framing resonates, especially the risk of systems becoming self-referential and optimizing for yield over real impact
I think the tension I’m exploring is slightly different:
Not how to create infinite systems, but how to create persistent ones that stay grounded in real-world outcomes
In the SportFi context:
• yield isn’t the goal
• it’s a mechanism
• the goal is sustained funding for things like local sport + infrastructure
So the question becomes:
How do you design systems where:
→ capital can persist
→ but impact stays anchored in the real world
→ and governance sits with the communities affected
Feels like that balance is the hard part
Curious how you think about keeping these systems “grounded” over time?