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Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods
- More recently, Vitalik Buterin and others in the cryptocurrency community have taken up the rhetoric of blockchain mechanisms as public goods. To be sure, crypto protocols are among the most compelling novel institutional forms. Their unique capabilities derive from their "public" qualities: unrestricted membership and participation, open APIs, tra... See more
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sari added 3y ago
We want nothing less than entire communities aping into a redefinition of public concern. The opportunity in front of us is bigger than any one protocol. In today's world, capital is not scarce; ambitious visions for the public's benefit are.
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Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- But how many look at the "public goods" funded in the crypto space and see their values reflected? What are the shared values of UNI holders, or Ethereans?
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sari added 3y ago
- In today's crypto ecosystems, token-based membership determines key considerations such as resource allocation, on-chain incentives, and off-chain decision-making. While a blockchain's censorship resistance may seem like the solution to a world of gatekeepers, in reality, pay-to-play limits access in other ways. Protocols may be owned by thousands,... See more
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sari added 3y ago
Public goods are enacted by social institutions that reproduce patterns of behavior in the public interest.
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Keely Adler added 4mo ago
A value system is fostered through storytelling and negotiation in forums of public discourse.
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Keely Adler added 4mo ago
one way to manifest positive externalities is to consider the success of others as your own.
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Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- But in practice, little space has been made for different values to be discussed or enacted. Which is why, in the absence of ways to enact our shared values, we default to the lowest common denominator: profit.
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sari added 3y ago
Every one of us is a beneficiary of the public goods of societies past. These grand projects humble us. Cathedrals, great canals, sanitation, the expansion of mass literacy—they tell us that the "goodness" of a public good is also measured in terms of its longevity. To match these great works, we must extend our time horizon. We want to e
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Keely Adler added 4mo ago