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Lessons from MMORPGS: You define your role. You are responsible for creating your own adventure and customizing your role. In these games, players assume an identity, which in DAOs means carving out and defining your role and its responsibilities.

The next iteration of DAOs is therefore emerging around creative communities, to enable crowdsourced creativity and coordination (aka “creator DAOs” and similar).

We are just beginning. Though projects like Decentraland have achieved lofty valuations, it feels as if we are in the very opening stages of a long-term shift toward more expressive digital experiences. Creating a world with deep, enduring appeal will take time.

Similar to many daos, Cabin still looks like a bit of a fantasy—an emergent community in search of an outlet for its exploding energy. With any technology, Hillis said, “eventually the infrastructure becomes invisible.” Ultimately, the dao framework matters less than what an organization actually accomplishes.