Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) have no hierarchical system for resource distribution; the focus is on the decision making of the collective
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
Will the future bring algorithms that have the capacity for internal evolution? They need to expand on flexibility, this is what makes traditional contracts so powerful
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