Toward a Design Framework for Speculation
Feb 2022
Crypto is the latest incarnation of populist speculation, which is generally pretty harmful. Analyzes how to limit speculation in designing systems.
Crypto is the latest incarnation of populist speculation, which is generally pretty harmful. Analyzes how to limit speculation in designing systems.
NFTs are an easier way to pair a "stamp of uniqueness" with some data. This is valuable because stamps of uniqueness are valuable, and this suddenly lower barrier has created a dangerous frontier. Can we limit the suffering and search for the good?
Meritocracy is often idealized as incentivizing everyone to improve society, but sometimes it does the opposite, and we should deemphasize it more.
Bitcoin is like the grey goo scenario, so how do we regulate it?
Modeling the conflict between equal-say and expertise in group decisions
The Monty Hall Problem shows us that the wisdom of crowds probably doesn't work for all problems. How can democracies deal with that?
Language is ambiguous, but if we get better at understanding and acknowledging that ambiguity, we could get better at collective understanding and action
Anti-rivalrous goods, why they're becoming more important, and how we might better fund their creation in the future
Why DAOs should 1) avoid voting in favor of social curation a la web2, 2) use fast, non-commital feedback loops ("consciousness")