Episode 010 - Modeling Digital Community Governance with Joshua Tan of The Metagovernance Project

Update: 2022-04-08

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In this episode, Martin and Jahed sit down with Joshua Tan, executive director of the Metagovernance Project and the DAOstar One, building standards and infrastructure for digital self-governance of communities. He also conducts applied research on collective intelligence and the governance of online communities. In the conversation, we cover institutional innovation in web3, modeling patterns for decentralization in digital communities, and what the worst DAO dystopias could have in store for us.

Here are the show notes:

Composing games into complex institutions

Metagov

Introducing the Agreement Engine. How to build contract systems for the… | by Joshua Tan | The Metagovernance Project | Medium

Modular Politics: Toward a Governance Layer for Online Communities

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Episode 010 - Modeling Digital Community Governance with Joshua Tan of The Metagovernance Project

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Episode 010 - Modeling Digital Community Governance with Joshua Tan of The Metagovernance Project

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Episode 010 - Modeling Digital Community Governance with Joshua Tan of The Metagovernance Project