DAOs as novelty search engines

The good news is that we actually already know much more about DAOs than we ever imagined. We’ve been self-organizing, making decisions, and being in community since we could walk and talk.

Collaborative, internet-native organizations like decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) especially offer shared narratives (memes), economic incentives (money) and more flexible local governance structures (management) to move us in the right direction.

Linking these thoughts back to DAOs, I suspect we are now living in an age where decentralised internet communities that figure out how to organise themselves as an interdependent complex collective of diverse individuals will end up converging on better decisions. This is the next stage of social evolution. And as a consequence, these sorts of org... See more

DAOs believe “ask the audience” is the winning strategy, and if you set up the right decision-making systems, collective wisdom is greater than individual vision.

When you take away the crypto jargon, a DAO is intuitive, not intimidating. Self-organizing is our human instinct. Being in community is what enabled our survival as humans. Forming tribes improved our ability to gather resources, defend against enemies, and build collective knowledge. Coming together around a shared cause, deciding on group norms,... See more

DAOs are playgrounds for exploring design challenges in areas like governance, organizational structure, community incentives, personal sovereignty, and professional development. But even with an emphasis on exploration, creating engagement is hard; it requires an opt-in system and self-directed members who are accountable and striving to level up.