Thread by @unbanksyETH

Most @OlympusDAO members sit at the pinnacle of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs. This creates a virtuous cycle attracting best talent to ship the best product and 🔂 Never before seen in history, I believe we'll be the first DAO to rival Google/Amazon's legacy and productivity

Maslow categorizes human motivation into 5 stages starting with physical survival, transitioning to psychological safety and ending with vision-driven narratives.

In traditional knowledge work, employees organize around a mission. Majority seek belonging with coworkers. Motivation to get out of bed is driven by privilege to work and socialize with your coworkers.

Driven individuals take this to the next level as they seek recognition and get a high from pushing a big feature or launching a new product. It’s not the pay that drives them but rather the ability to say “I launched that”

The pinnacle of human motivation is self-actualization. Power and fame take backstage; motivation is to be the master of one’s craft/specialty. Achieving the true potential you were born to achieve.

@OlympusDAO members are practitioners of the self-actualization stage. They see a vision of a new economy and the contributor DAO as a catalyst for them to apply their skill potential. They want to be able to tell their grandkids that *they* built the Decentral Bank of DeFi.

So how did we get here?

Revolutionary idea attracted smart people 👇
Engaged community retained them
DAO gave a way to convert passion into productive work
Anonymity filtered out clout chasers
Kickass product releases brings in smart people 👆

OlympusDAO bootstrapped liquidity thanks to degen APY and the DAO bootstrapped a community of smart contributors thanks to a gigabrain community and potential. We now have a virtuous cycle of “talent acquisition”...

… wherein talent scarcity means talent gravitates to the orgs with best vision, product and business model. Talented contributors push each other to self-actualize, shipping amazing product that’s doesn’t go unnoticed by the best. Cycle repeats.

https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1408511296627122176

We don’t have power-hungry founders, we don’t do interviews, we minimize hierarchy, we give autonomy to community and we believe in meritocracy. We believe this is working now but are willing to be wrong and adjust accordingly.

I value openness to bring up and debate new ideas without ridicule. 100x growth requires innovation and contrarian thinking. That’s why Google is so successful and that’s why OlympusDAO has a fighting chance to become the first ever DAO to reach the echelon of human productivity

If you want to reach your full potential and help build a global, decentralized and community-run economy, join the revolution here:

discord.gg/yV33UXeg