armada daoJul 14, 2021
The Evolution of Civilization with Vishal Kankani
Syndicated via the Collectively Intelligent podcast.
Exploring the variables in evolving civilizations, specifically processing information faster & more efficiently. Vishal Kankani discusses the importance designing governance for DAOs & democratizing information. We discuss efficiently allocating capital globally at scale to evolve civilization. We also explore the game theory of nation states embracing crypto.
EPISODE LINKS
Vishal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kankanivishal
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
When Ideas Have Sex (TED Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLHh9E5ilZ4
GDP per capita over the past 2,000 years: https://imgur.com/OhZIYkV
Theory of the Firm: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/files/file/coase-nature.pdf
CONNECT
Colony: https://colony.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
DAO legal frameworks, clarity on regulation?, pragmatic optimist, zero-day risks of pattern copying, learning from co-ops w/ connor spelliscy
show notes
- DAO legal frameworks
- learning from co-ops
- clarity on DAO regulation?
- green fields in legal crypto
- pragmatic optimist in DAOs
- risks of pattern copying
bio
Founder @ DAO Research Cooperative. Co-Founder @BlockchainAssn . Formerly @OpenZeppelin @hangaris.
links
website
range tokens explained + KPI options with tommy from UMA
show notes
- how UMA works
- range tokens 101
- value proposition to the buyer of a range token
- KPI options
bio
SuperUMAn at @umaprotocol
links
- https://opendefi.medium.com/range-tokens-for-dao-treasury-diversification-ee668d95a9ba
- @4wdThink
- https://umaproject.org/
website
onboarding members to a dao, different skill sets, & inclusion in web3 w/ chase chapman
show notes
- onboarding within the dao ecosystem
- working with different skill sets as a dao
- inclusion within web3
- making governance consumable
bio
Building a better world for society with crypto 🔮cofounder @decentology // contributing @indexcoop @forefront__
links
website
treasury management, parcel, governance, & the legal challenges of DAOs w/ @0xAnubhav
show notes
- treasury management
- parcel's vision
- governance & treasury management
- legal challenges of DAOs
bio
founder @parcelHQ
links
website
identity, a failed social audio network, the AR metaverse, & tokens w/ danny zuckerman
show notes
- ceramic's vision
- the opportunity of identity & is it solvable in web3?
- commodore's failed social audio network
- the AR metaverse
- tokens & communities
bio
Probing how people, technology and systems interact Building a web of open information & identity @3BoxLabs, @ceramicnetwork Eternally planning trips to Tahoe
links
website
venture capital + DAOs, DAO coordination, and the social layer of DAO governance w/ kinjal shah
show notes
this episode we discuss:
- DAOs coordination abilities
- venture capital + DAOs
- a social layer for governance
bio
investing @blockchaincap @komorebifund writing at http://kinjalshah.substack.com #bitcoin, art, coffee, making it up as I go
links
website
first principles, UMA's range tokens, the efficiency of deploying capital as a DAO, the importance of treasury primitives w/ larry sukernik
show notes
first principles, UMA's range tokens, the efficiency of deploying capital as a DAO, the importance of treasury primitives w/ larry sukernik
- first principle thinking applied to DAOs
- first trillion dollar DAO
- jimmy iovine & understanding the youth
- UMA's range tokens
- DAOs deploying capital vs centralized orgs
- what are primitives?
- importance of treasury primitives
bio
Building something new. Previously: investments @DCGco .
links
website
aliens? the importance of DAO governance, krause house, & a premortem on DAOs w/ michael lewkowitz
show notes
a delightful wide ranging questions with michael lewkowitz:
- (🐇🕳) are aliens visiting earth?
- why is DAO governance so important?
- memes & sharing mental models
- commodore's DAO: krause house
- if DAOs don't achieve the grand vision, what do you think went wrong?
bio
Venture, tech, impact @possibilianVC | @venturebetterHQ | More possibilian, less dual. | Occasionally ridiculous. | 🚀❤️💪
links
website
integrity-verification-as-a-service, participation, & reputation w/ marcus phillips
show notes
marcus has been thinking about governance for decades, his thinking is deep & profound. we discuss:
- is governance-as-a-service an optimal path for governance?
- integrity verification concept
- is majority active participation in governance important?
- reputation's importance within governance
links
website
no loss lotteries, behind-the-scenes proposal process & pooltogether with @blakeburrito
show notes
- what's interesting about a no loss lottery?
- applying no loss lotteries to other use cases
- behind the scenes of a proposal for pooltogether
bio
dad / dude / defi degen
links
bonus: governance 2.0 deep dive w/ @tracheopteryx
show notes
we had some audio issues with our first conversation, so we decided to do a bonus episode to make sure we fully covered governance 2.0. enjoy!
- governance 2.0
- the value of digital handshake deals
- yteams
bio
Ops at Yearn ⚡️ “The next Buddha will be a Sangha” ⚡️ $WOOFY is ultra hound money 🐶🔊
links
- @tracheopteryx
- yearn
- coordinape
- jean gebser
- piaget theory of cognitive development
- integral theory (ken wilber)
- integral theory (ken wilber) → levels or stages
website
compensation mechanisms, adding trust to trustless systems, prisoner's dilemma, governance 2.0 w/ @tracheopteryx
show notes
a fantastic conversation w/ @tracheopteryx around governance & systems. note: we had a few audio issues (choppy), apologies!
- compensation mechanisms
- adding trust to trustless systems
- prisoner's dilemma & mafias
- governance 2.0
bio
Ops at Yearn ⚡️ “The next Buddha will be a Sangha” ⚡️ $WOOFY is ultra hound money 🐶🔊
links
- @tracheopteryx
- yearn
- coordinape
- jean gebser
- piaget theory of cognitive development
- integral theory (ken wilber)
- integral theory (ken wilber) → levels or stages
website
infinite time horizons, traditional jobs conversion into grants, and the future of mergers & acquisitions with shreyas from llama
show notes
infinite time horizons, traditional jobs or grants, and the future of mergers / acquisitions with shreyas.
- infinite time horizons and protocols
- the roles of jobs & grants in the web3 world
- how mergers or acquisitions might work in web3
bio
Helping DAO treasuries @llamacommunity_ Llama Writing on crypto: http://helloshreyas.com Website: https://shreyashariharan.com/
links
website
discussing governance & reputation w/ jack du rose from colony
show notes
discussing governance & reputation w/ jack du rose from colony
- the journey & vision of colony
- weighted governance & governance 2.0
- the important of reputation & reputational decay
bio
Cofounder at Colony, building organisations for the internet. Incorrigible sesquipedalianist. https://colony.io/
links
website
macro & long time duration thinking applied to daos + governance w/ unicornio
show notes
DAOs are so new that we often think in the short to medium term, this conversation takes a macro and long view of daos w/ unicornio#4441.
- unicornio sees a massive crash & a big bull run again in 2027-2028.
- a DAO-to-DAO (D2D) future
- what trends are working in DAOs?
website
efficiency parity hypothesis & the timing of decentralizing w/ nick naraghi
show notes
discussing traditional organizations & decentralization over time w/ @nicknaraghi:
- what is the efficiency parity hypothesis?
- when's the right time to decentralize?
- how are organizations successfully decentralizing?
- what will be the future blend of traditional organizations & DAOs?
links
bio
I study AI, DAOs, and psychology with the aim to create hyper-scalable systems for human coordination. Writing @ Governors. #Bitcoin since 2011. governors.substack.com
building a credibility layer in web3 w/ mike elias
show notes
discussing building a credibility layer in web3 w/ @harmonylion1
- why is a credibility layer important?
- what does the world look like with a credibility layer?
- how does credibility intersect with governance?
bio
Building the credibility layer of the internet @ideamarkets_ · ✝️✡️☯️🎸 · Bio: http://mikeelias.com. https://ideamarket.io
links
website
daos, talent, and DIDs w/ brian flynn
show notes
talking daos & decentralized ids w/ @flynnjamm
- talent allocation within daos
- building for the least common denominator across all daos
- DIDs and their importance to web3
bio
Getting the world to participate in crypto via @rabbithole_gg 🪄 previously product @dapperlabs 😺 Hiring link: https://jobs.lever.co/RabbitHoleStudios
links
website
lego dao & prediction markets w/ ezra weller
show notes
talking lego dao & prediction markets w/ erza weller.
- lego dao's approach to building
- the philosophy of an un-opiniated governance tool
- prediction markets impact on governance
bio
tortoise of the online rat race 🦑 @squaddotgames ↪️ @curvelabs 🔍 @clrfund via 🎼 @groupmuse
links
website
governance tool suite & skill tree inspired roadmaps w/ dr. nick almond
show notes
an interview with dr. nick almond.
- what is "second layer governance"?
- what are miniDAOs? why are they valuable?
- what are skill tree inspired roadmaps?
bio
Physicist, Associate Dean turned full time crypto and governance researcher. Founder of @financedotvote. $FVT 1.
links
website
governance optimization by nick almond (a reading)
show notes
a reading of governance optimization by nick almond.
- governance minimization overview
- a look at mindsets: minimizers, maximizers, optimizers
- governance optimization path
bio
Physicist, Associate Dean turned full time crypto and governance researcher. Founder of @financedotvote. $FVT 1.
links
website
how a ride share co-op (eva) is pursuing a dao vision
show notes
dardan (coo) joins us to discuss co-ops and daos.
- how a ride sharing company (eva) is pursuing dao values
- how a co-op is handling execution day-to-day
- can every marketplace be eventually a dao?
twitter bio
Local drivers owned ride-share and delivery app! Montréal, Québec, Saguenay
links
website
andrew beal talks governance 2.0 (an interview)
show notes
andrew's twitter bio: Former Strategy @ EY Blockchain, Author of 30,000 Feet newsletter. Opinions are my own.
links
website
governance 2.0 by andrew beal (bonus: taking a look at yearn's proposal)
show notes
a reading of issue #13: collapsing and expanding from andrew's newsletter 30,000 feet.
andrew's twitter bio: Strategy @ EY Blockchain, Author of 30,000 Feet newsletter. Opinions are my own.
links
website
julia rosenberg from orca protocol talks dao governance
show notes
julia's twitter bio: reshaping decentralized governance through a lightweight #DAO implementation | co-founder + chiefess @OrcaProtocol | SF to BK | julz.eth.
- what's your name and what are you working?
- [fun] which fictional character would like to have dinner with?
- what makes you interested in working on daos?
- what's Orca Protocol setting out to do?
- what are the biggest roadblocks in the dao space right now?
- how can anyone listening be helpful?
links
website
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