Crypto, "Idea Sex," & the Rise of Decentralized Science #DeSci 🧵🧵🧵👇
How will crypto accelerate innovation in the real world?
How will they change science? Architecture? Engineering? Biology?
One word: Decompartmentalization.
A thread...
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How will crypto accelerate innovation in the real world?
How will they change science? Architecture? Engineering? Biology?
One word: Decompartmentalization.
A thread...
👇👇 👇
Decentralization is a popular buzzword in crypto.
For good reason.
But decentralization is just what happens on the surface.
The ripple effects are:
--> Decompartmentalization
--> Dematerialization
--> Deinstitutionalization
In this thread, we'll unpack the first one.
For good reason.
But decentralization is just what happens on the surface.
The ripple effects are:
--> Decompartmentalization
--> Dematerialization
--> Deinstitutionalization
In this thread, we'll unpack the first one.
DECOMPARTMENTALIZATION
Science is notoriously compartmentalized. Why? Because it operates under a military model.
In fact, all our systems operate under a military model -- from schools to research departments to local governance.
It's what I call the "War Game Society"
Science is notoriously compartmentalized. Why? Because it operates under a military model.
In fact, all our systems operate under a military model -- from schools to research departments to local governance.
It's what I call the "War Game Society"
War Game Society (WGS) operates under one assumption:
Earth is incapable of supporting all life. Therefore, in order for some to thrive, others must be deprived.
Zero-sum.
All systems are about protecting, taking, and preparing for the next catastrophic war.
ALL of them.
Earth is incapable of supporting all life. Therefore, in order for some to thrive, others must be deprived.
Zero-sum.
All systems are about protecting, taking, and preparing for the next catastrophic war.
ALL of them.
That's why science is compartmentalized.
Compartmentalization is a psychological defense mechanism.
This doesn't need to be a grand conspiracy.
It's because our current WGS paradigm is about command, control, and protection. Each field of study is on a "need to know" basis.
Compartmentalization is a psychological defense mechanism.
This doesn't need to be a grand conspiracy.
It's because our current WGS paradigm is about command, control, and protection. Each field of study is on a "need to know" basis.
Why? Because innovation is unpredictable.
Innovation is eros.
Innovation happens through serendipity, synchronicity, happy accidents.
It's when 2 seemingly disparate have sex and create something new. (Idea sex!)
Breakthroughs, when released into the world, are Wild Beasts
Innovation is eros.
Innovation happens through serendipity, synchronicity, happy accidents.
It's when 2 seemingly disparate have sex and create something new. (Idea sex!)
Breakthroughs, when released into the world, are Wild Beasts
Consider how often innovation is an accident or a result of revelation.
The spiral structure of the DNA molecule. The periodic table. Penicillin.
Vulcanized rubber. Teflon. Champagne. Chewing gum. Post-It Notes.
They all happened because of happy accidents and/or revelation
The spiral structure of the DNA molecule. The periodic table. Penicillin.
Vulcanized rubber. Teflon. Champagne. Chewing gum. Post-It Notes.
They all happened because of happy accidents and/or revelation
This is why crypto -- through novel and frictionless governance models -- is important.
Discovery is decompartmentalized.
Right-brainers (designers, artists, visionaries) are working with left-brainers (engineers, physicists, mathematicians, etc.).
Location doesn't matter.
Discovery is decompartmentalized.
Right-brainers (designers, artists, visionaries) are working with left-brainers (engineers, physicists, mathematicians, etc.).
Location doesn't matter.
Discovery is set free.
Breakthroughs become commonplace.
Revelations become a daily occurrence.
We begin to live in a "Serendipity Economy," where happy accidents (being in the creative flow) becomes the norm.
Breakthroughs become commonplace.
Revelations become a daily occurrence.
We begin to live in a "Serendipity Economy," where happy accidents (being in the creative flow) becomes the norm.
The paradigm shifts.
The question is no longer, "How do we control innovation to protect prosperity?"
It becomes, "How do we set innovation free to give everyone prosperity?"
For the first time in history...
We can shift from a War Game society to a World Game society...
The question is no longer, "How do we control innovation to protect prosperity?"
It becomes, "How do we set innovation free to give everyone prosperity?"
For the first time in history...
We can shift from a War Game society to a World Game society...
Futurist Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller defined the World Game...
It is an infinite game to "make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous organization, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone."
It is an infinite game to "make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous organization, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone."
Crypto is World Game technology.
It's a chance to discard the War Game Society.
But it is not inevitable. We must transcend our lower impulses.
We must make the World Game our north star.
If we don't, crypto's critics might be right.
If we do?
It's a chance to discard the War Game Society.
But it is not inevitable. We must transcend our lower impulses.
We must make the World Game our north star.
If we don't, crypto's critics might be right.
If we do?
We'll see more progress in the next 50 years than humanity saw in the past 5,000.
And our descendants will live in a very different, much better world.
#DeSci ftw
And our descendants will live in a very different, much better world.
#DeSci ftw
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