On this episode of Rehash, we sat down with Aaron Soskin, founder of Govrn. Govrn is a DAO contribution platform designed to enable DAOs to be defined by their contributors. By recording your contributions and allowing other DAO members to attest to those contributions, you can maintain ownership over your work and keep an on-chain record of the value you provide to DAOs.

In this DAO forward episode, we cover a variety of topics from rage quitting and politics to the ways in which Govrn can help DAOs and their contributors. Aaron stresses the importance of DAOs being defined by the emergent properties that arise as the result of contributors providing value, and we discuss how Govrn allows contributors to own their work and get more meaningful validation for the work they do. We discuss the pros and cons of rage quitting, and Aaron explains why he’s a rage quit maxi. He also explains why it’s important for DAOs to enable divergence and convergence and shares that rage quitting doesn’t have to be permanent. 

We later explore the human aspect of DAOs and discuss the nuances of decentralization, acknowledging that technology can’t solve all human coordination issues. We discuss DAOs in the light of politics and what that intersection could look like. We acknowledge the recent events (FTX) and discuss what the future may hold for DAOs in the coming months and years - agreeing that not all DAOs need to be permanent. 

Aaron closes with speaking so passionately that his mic crumbles, starting SexySongDAO, answering some fun questions, and leaving  listeners with how to get started using Govrn. 

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⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:28 Sponsors

4:03 Welcome Aaron!

5:16 Aaron’s background

8:56 Contributor first DAOs

11:11 Ownership over contributions

16:31 Recording contributions

18:25 Contribution language

20:42 LinkedIn for DAOs

24:50 Aaron is a rage quit maxi 

29:21 Convergence and divergence in rage quitting

34:26 Humans, tech, and decentralization

37:34 DAOs and politics

41:54 SexySongDAO 

45:30 Real life use cases for DAO

49:21 Why Diana likes DAOs

54:56 DAOs in the current bear market

1:03:48 Ephemeral DAOs

1:07:54 Fun Questions!

1:11:17 Follow Aaron!

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DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.