Alex Wittenberg

Infinite time horizon: The treasury should be structured to exist in perpetuity.There should be no time preference, i.e. no preference given to funding present projects over future ones.

Indeed, the modern project, dating back at least to the 17th century, particularly in its techno-scientific dimensions, can be interpreted as a grand effort to tame nature and bring it under human control. And, of course, as C. S. Lewis observed in The Abolition of Man, the drive to control nature was eventually turned on humanity itself.

What separates writing that is fun, easy to read, even musical, is writing that alternates rhythms—fast vs slow, quick vs descriptive, etc. The more your writing alternates between opposites, the more movement it has, and the more the reader feels like they are being taken on a journey (opposed to hacking their way through a textbook). 

In every discussion/project/problem/situation, it needs to be clear who makes decisions…everyone else only adds opinions.Ideally, the person who will afterward do (or lead) the follow-up work makes the decisions.

Cheap cost of financing: funding expenses via debt at certain rates can be cheaper than via tokens

But of the two worlds I’ve been witnessing, I am becoming convinced that the emerging weird world being claimed by lorecraft, with tarot cards and literal magical thinking in the mix, is actually more real, and has been all along.

This is exactly how DAOs work today, except that the ideation and execution layer is much faster for a multitude of reasons (ie. open-source, ownership incentives, etc.). Most DAOs, however, like side projects when they first start, are probably not "regulated" nor "compliant."The type of “DAO” also matters - are you a social DAO crowdfunding via... See more