I wish I had understood the power of poetry decades ago.
Alas, it’s something that needed to be found on its own timeline.
I totally misunderstood the power of language for so long - it’s as much a tool to communicate with others, as a way to communicate with your selves (emphasis on the plurality there).
It took distancing myself from flowerful literature for decades to come back to it and realise how useful and inspirational it is.
I still remember reading poetry in my class in high school - and being asked “but what does the author mean?” I realise now that I perceived it as arrogant: “use big words alright, make it complicated”
It wasn’t until I started asking “what does this mean to me? what does it mean to others? what does it mean about connection and our world?” That I realised how little it had to do with the author.
Words are hand on the clay of our reality - they shape the world, and our reality. And such strength - hacks into our minds.
And then realising that, then we have a responsibility to put words out there to manifest the world we would like to see.
The words (and images we create) are the fundamental unit of the vibe, which creates memes, which creates movements, which build communities.
And internalising this, the best we can do is help others find their voice and manifest goodness into the world through our words.
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Building digital-first communities follow an interesting path - you have to build communication scaffolding prior to allowing strategy, governance and longer-term components emerge.
In some ways this requirement was hidden from obvious need since in-person work provides you that scaffolding for granted: synchronous conversation and dialogue.
In digital spaces though, if the scaffolding of communication pipeline and rhythm isn't in place - then longer-term planning just can't happen.
The C*nst*t*onDAO is an absolutely excellent case study for the future of memetic swarm power, networked movements, populist democracy, and poor time-based decisions.
Folks should pay close attention and write 1000s of articles. This show is just getting started 🍿
If you are a community manager, DAO summoner, or contributor - I encourage you to read through the history of this monumental financial flash mob, it’s power, weaknesses, and, importantly, it’s mistakes.
This DAO is a compressed timeline of many DAOs that will come to be. It is at the intersection of politics, fundraising, cultural history, societal woes, and opportunity.
This is an excellent example of governance evolution, would recommend a detailed read and a strong analysis of this evolution is varying from traditional hierarchical models.
Some people will say this is holacracy, others a reinvention of functional hierarchies, etc…
But each of these opinions to me is seeking to attach a known label to new cooperation mechanisms. We’ve never had bounties, Coordinape, ownership payments, transparency, and voting - ever.
And so, even is the top level structure looks similar, the mechanics, leadership, and contribution participation and commitment pathways are fully distinct.
Career progression in digital-first organizations seems different. In interlocking networks there is dynamic upward mobility, instead of convergent paths. What are the consequences of this? How will people shape their journey?
In the emerging space there are four levels of rewards, which intuitively are associated with varying levels of status and power:
- No Payment
- Bounties
- Grants / Projects
- Stipends
I think we can deconstruct this and identify / communicate to members what “progression” in the organization looks like.
POTENTIAL METHODS:
- Grant Allocation (DAO to Guild to Project to Member)
- Role Based 'Salary' (UBI, (opt by level or skill xp)
- Subjective Contribution (e.g. via Coordinape)
- Objective Network Activity (e.g. via SourceCred)