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A Prehistory of DAOs
The cooperative model has historically enabled activities that many DAOs pursue, such as gathering capital from participants who are not wealthy investors, enabling them to hold meaningful governance rights, and distributing rewards fairly.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
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But the management and organizational ‘overhead’ of traditional associations often exceed the will and ability of potential participants. If you’ve ever been part of a community or school group, you understand the often prohibitive burden. It’s not only the time commitment of planning meetings — it’s the social dynamics where a few very active memb... See more
Tal Shachar • Main Street Bets
Incentive mechanisms have always been critical to build a healthy, highly participatory community of any kind. But historically, these systems and incentive mechanisms have been fractured and separate across spheres. We’ve had political systems for organizing participation in mass movements. We’ve had corporations and other financial structures for... See more
Tal Shachar • Creator DAOs:
"Let's Run The Experiment": A conversation with Chris Dixon about DAOs and the future of organizations online
Steven Johnsonadjacentpossible.substack.com