Gaia Soykok

"Prisoners Dilemma: .... There’s a much better outcome available if they could figure out the coordination, but coordination is hard."

Robert W. Baird and Co., Inc., wrote in their 1985 book, Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior, “the research has consistently shown that any contingent payment system tends to undermine intrinsic motivation.”

60 % custom happiness 30% big new initiatives10% stability and infrastucture

Ralph Merkle wrote about Bitcoin as life:Bitcoin is the first example of a new form of life. It lives and breathes on the internet. It lives because it can pay people to keep it alive. It lives because it performs a useful service that people will pay it to perform. … It can’t be stopped. It can’t even be interrupted. If nuclear war destroyed half... See more

People who do exceptional work may be glad to be paid and even more glad to be well paid, but they do not work to collect a paycheck. They work because they love what they do.

"Praise" allows the different types of values to exist, we do not force a top-down incentive systems forcing on what is good but hearing from the community what they value.

Rather than viewing conflict as a threat, the transformative view sees conflict as a valuable opportunity to grow and increases our understanding of ourselves and others. Conflict helps us stop, assess and take notice.