Idea Machines

So philanthropy under this rubric is not about creating sanctuaries from or alternatives to the demands of capitalism. The benevolence, if you can call it that, is in giving people from the underclass a chance to succeed by its rules. With, of course, very patronizing and constraining surveillance from the funder. It’s neoliberal brainworms all the... See more

Got better ways to do decision making at scale? Instead of spinning up yet another DAO that will take months to make headway of its raison d’etre, how about targeting local non-profits that have been doing necessary, impactful work for years, often operating in a decentralized manner?

It has been found, in study after study, that random selection from a sufficiently large group of people – given the appropriate contextual knowledge – produces better answers to complex problems than the appointment of a narrow group of experts. To come up with new and radical strategies, we need radical diversity of representation and ability. Th

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