Alex Wittenberg

Once loaded, it uses your webcam to track your body, eye, and mouth movements, then mirrors those with your Anata. So whatever you say, it looks like your Anata is saying it instead. In case that's ever not enough, there are exaggerated expressions you can use too, like fiery eyes or frustration. And if you want a little extra flex, you can also... See more

To kick-off the meeting, these items should be communicated first:

Individual-Level Polarity. At the level of the individual who is a Contributor of the DAO, the polarity is between Autonomy (freedom and unique self-expression) and Contextual Awareness (belonging and being a part of something greater).Org-Level Polarity. At the org-level, the polarity is between Decentralization (that which is emergent, fluid, and... See more

As well as avoiding bullshit, one should actively seek out things that matter. But different things matter to different people, and most have to learn what matters to them. A few are lucky and realize early on that they love math or taking care of animals or writing, and then figure out a way to spend a lot of time doing it. But most people start... See more

How do you build confidence in yourself as a writer? You write. It's so simple that it's complicated. The reason why writers struggle with self-confidence at the beginning of their journey is because they are still sitting on the dock, waiting, imagining. They haven't yet confronted the brutal reality that, once they begin, they probably aren't... See more

Tipping might be viewed as absurd in most of the non-US world, but in the context of DAO’s, tipping can be a very valuable and healthy mechanism to help a DAO scale. Tips are often used more like airdrops (care-drops?) and their superpower is that they can reward value creation very rapidly, especially when unplanned but easily identifiable. 

“Standing sentinel.” I can’t recall a more incisive formulation for the way many of us may experience being online at certain times. I especially appreciate the way Lockwood links this to some underlying, possibly inarticulate longing for control in what are, in fact, moments of extreme flux and disorder. This impulse may spring from the misguided... See more

We chose Gnosis Safe as our crypto-native treasury platform. Gnosis provided two critical features: The ability to have each distribution of funds approved by multiple team members (a.k.a. Multi-signature), and a central location to preserve a mixture of funds: Ether and the social token.