Hyper-Productivity, Learning 10+ Languages, DAOs, and More | Noah Feldman on The Tim Ferriss Show

Behind every crypto platform, there are rules and agreements just like in a constitution: interaction, power distribution, coin production, etc.

You can do it without “fancy” equipment; the built-in microphone will suffice in most cases. Speed-wise, Noah is speaking as he would speak to an audience; communicating his ideas

Because smart contracts are uneditable, you cannot evolve them, there is no flexibility. Traditional contracting relationships constantly evolve, this is lost in smart contracts

Learning Arabic radically changed Noah’s worldview because it gave him insight into the lives of other people

DAO’s existed before (guilds, labor unions). They can do certain things very well but some decisions are hard to make, like competition with another entity, coordination of action beyond initial purposes of the organization

The company can’t have a say in the process of reappointment

It was created to answer difficult questions about freedom of expression online The idea is to give the decision making power to an independent group of people. Start with an identifiable set of decisions about what content Facebook allows. For it to work, Facebook needs to make decisions that Facebook doesn’t like

-Show the public the benefits for private companies to do what governments have long done (real separation of power)

-Potential common mistakes for the Oversight Board: