Alex Wittenberg

Chalmers’s argument, then, is anchored to his expectation of dramatic technological advances. In order to argue that “given all the ways in which virtual worlds may surpass the nonvirtual world, life in virtual worlds will often be the right life to choose,” he must presume that the technology will yield a subjective experience that is basically in... See more

“It’s convenience, and the way convenience is currently created by tech companies and accepted by most of us,” Horgan argued, “that is key to why we’ve ended up living in a world we all chose, but that nobody seems to want.”

Questions like "what software systems can this person access?", "what tax regimes must we comply with?", and “how should we compensate this person?" all require the employee record that Rippling owns.

StreamsKey benefit or use cases: Reward ongoing commitment, real time - pay by the block.

If Rippling becomes the system of record for employee data, it will rewire the entire business software landscape. With a breadth of software integrations, Rippling can become the connective tissue across traditionally siloed applications. 

Being intentional with the details here is key: what kind of language and terminology is used to introduce new members to the DAO? How many steps are there to the onboarding process, and do they involve Discord bots or wallet transactions? How does the onboarding process hold up against someone who doesn’t have a lot of time or prior interest, vers... See more

Quarterly/biannual performance reviews (see here for a performance review of Aave’s Grants DAO)Weekly working group updates (see here for an example of our work with PoolTogether)Regular budget expense analysis (Aave Grants provides a list of funded and outstanding grants that are updated in real-time) 

RisksThe flywheel effect described above can only play out IF and only IF activity on the Ethereum network continues to increase. However, as we discussed above, high transaction costs have resulted in many users migrating to alternative blockchains, stealing meaningful market share from Ethereum in 2021, and who now have sufficient critical mass t... See more

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