DAOcast

"The key is that, by not trying to claim there's a universal law of social activity, I can actually derive reasonably useful models of a local system."

In what is perhaps the densest DAOcast interview yet, Dr. Michael Zargham, co-founder of BlockScience and co-creator of the Commons Stack, shares his rich perspectives on social systems conceptualization, modeling, and engineering. With a robust academic background, Michael has been doing key work for the world of decentralization way before blockchain was cool (or existed for that matter). And his years as a researcher on robotics and computational social science now provide the basis for his work of design and analysis of complex networks.

We covered a vast ground in our talk, from what possibly defines a DAO beyond the technological infrastructure, to the meaning of the Commons as a cultural underpinning for social coordination, to complex adaptive dynamics computer-aided design (cadCAD). So hop-on and enjoy the view.

This interview was recorded on June 8th, 2019. So please take that into consideration when listening to it. Apologies for the noise in the recording.

 “We are really excited to work on it and to see how far we go bringing the commons and the communities’ perspectives into the blockchain arena.” Antorio Tenorio.

As a 5-year EU-sponsored research project, P2P Models is producing infrastructure for the collaborative economy using blockchain technology, focusing on mainly two aspects.

This endeavor is being conducted with a plural perspective, characterized by the team's diversity, as well as a solid social theoretical grounding, that draws from the work of people like Nobel winner Prof. Elinor Ostrom.

In our chat, we went deeper into the project's early development, its infrastructural choices, digital communities' dynamics and much more. Tune in to learn more about this exciting project and the amazing people behind it.

To quick off the second season of DAOcast with max (holo)fuel, we receive Ray Powell, a long time decentralization enthusiast and one of the early developers of Holochain. In this conversation he introduces the fruit of his current work: Cogov, a distributed governance protocol built on top of Holochain. Such a protocol enables very exciting possibilities for self-organization at different scales, specially because of the agent-centric design properties of Holochain.

Of course, we go deeper on our inquiry, imagining what would be possible to achieve when we are powered by technology that allows us to see the flows of exchange (current-see) that permeate the networks we co-create on a daily basis. Thus, better equipping us navigate the exponentially increasing complexity characteristic of our new epoch. 

And much much more. And this time we have a video recording as well!

References:

- Holochain and Collective Intelligence: Avoiding a Technological Singularity

No jokes! 🎙️🎇

Come check the “Intro Catch-up” between  Stratis and I (Danilo) on the “State of  the DAO(cast)”.
 There are a  couple of experimental (and to me exciting)  changes to the show this  “season”, and we talk about that here 😃

https://daocast.io/Season2Intro

This time I will at least try to reach out to other perspectives, and I'd be very happy if DAOcast could function as a platform for other people in "their quest" to understanding whatever a DAO is (or is not/can/ can not/ may/may not). Makes sense? Come chat.

*This interview was recorded on March 20th, 2019. So please take that into consideration when listening to the show.*

> “I think DAOs are attempts at more distributed than centralized organizations. And we need to create a language that can conceive of a spectrum. And we need to create sort of distribution KPIs or distribution perception indexes.”

The last episode of Season 1 is here, and in the Christmas spirit, it brings a gift with it. DAOcast is opening itself up to co-creation. If you're interested, listen to this episode to understand the full context and get in touch ;)

As a painting teacher, facilitator, and "Emotional translator of social realities", Felipe Duarte brought a lot to the mosaic of perspectives we are building here. His past experiences in collaborative processes - which included energizing one of first open houses of Brazil - have a lot to teach anyone interested in participating in a DAO experiment. 

In highlighting the importance of Ontology in *co-creative* processes, we had a very fruitful conversation around nomenclature for processes and things in emerging spaces, like the DAO space. More specifically, we talked about Flow Control and Homeostasis in the context of open systems. We also talked about other qualitative characteristics of co-creation, such as "Emotional skin in the game" and "Purpose KPI". And, of course, much much more.

So give this episode a listen and consider interacting with us to co-create DAOcast.

This interview was recorded on October 4th, so please take that into consideration when listening to the show.