Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
Visions of truly global DAOs representing billions of people are a fantasy. But if we apply our principle of "positive externalities" to include future citizens of the places we live, protocol-built public goods starts to look more like community-driven industrial policy.
otherinter.net • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods
The Internet has so far forgotten the bias for democracy that long reigned among offline clubs, public companies, and other associations. How can the Internet catch up to my mother’s garden club—or, even better, enable a new renaissance in creative self-governance?
The Internet can enable much more than just a return to regimes of bylaws and boards.... See more
The Internet can enable much more than just a return to regimes of bylaws and boards.... See more
University of Colorado Media Enterprise Design Lab • Online Communities Are Still Catching Up to My Mother's Garden Club
Decentralized governance is at the heart of the ideological foundation of crypto: equal participation for all actors. The playbook of progressive decentralization is being followed by more decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. Users and tokenholders can now have more control over protocol parameters, treasury spending, and, in general, the industr... See more
Sam McCarthy • Cryptociety | Sam McCarthy | Substack
