Timour Kosters

What role will humans have in this future? - Perhaps when conflict arises - There will be 80/20 for all types of work - 80% of governance decisions will be automated. These will be the non-controversial decisions - We will each likely have personal AIs that represent us in each of the communities that we are a part of - 20% of decisions will get... See more

What we’re seeing is AI emerge from the infrastructure layer to the application layer—the parts of technology that everyday people interact with.

Are DAOs bad at building products? - Product teams need continuity and shared context - We need more tools that can coordinate things like product work.

DAOs can’t yet do the same complex things as big companies, like managing complex supply chains

Alpha: Stay lean while you de-risk your biggest hurdle.

Beta: Test, test, test — but push to go faster.

To bring about grand futures, we humans have to figure out how to reconcile our current needs with our lofty ambitions. Tight-knit support communities - what we call tribes in this post - seem to be a good way to preserve our well-being and values while achieving more impact. Yet, building effective tribes seems like a relatively neglected puzzle... See more

Minimum density is 20 units per acre: The voter initiative locks in at least 20 units/acre (~50 people/acre) as the minimum average density. This is similar to beloved neighborhoods such as Marina in SF, Centrum in Amsterdam, Kensington in London, and Historic Charleston in South Carolina. Even though people love these places, we’ve built close to... See more