Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
There was an interesting post on the YCombinator blog by Ramon Recuero about the evolution of blockchain protocols through forking and copying. The post does not mention the alternative possibility of binding voting as a mechanism for the evolution of blockchains. There are several projects, including the troubled Tezos, where the blockchain protocol will be able to evolve via on-chain voting.
Voting is an important mechanism to be explored as an alternative to forking. In his famous treatise Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, Albert Hirschman describes how members of an organization or consumers of a product/service can respond to a deterioration in quality. They can either choose to exercise voice, that is speak up and demand changes, or they can exit and join a different organization or use a different product/service.
For blockchains forking is the native implementation of “exit” but voting will be the way to achieve “voice.” Change is most effectively accomplished when both mechanisms are available. Forking (exit) is very disruptive and should be chosen only as a means of last recourse after voting (voice) has been tried and failed. This is why I am excited to see projects that are working to implement on-chain voting for protocol evolution. This is an important missing capability.
There was an interesting post on the YCombinator blog by Ramon Recuero about the evolution of blockchain protocols through forking and copying. The post does not mention the alternative possibility of binding voting as a mechanism for the evolution of blockchains. There are several projects, including the troubled Tezos, where the blockchain protocol will be able to evolve via on-chain voting.
Voting is an important mechanism to be explored as an alternative to forking. In his famous treatise Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, Albert Hirschman describes how members of an organization or consumers of a product/service can respond to a deterioration in quality. They can either choose to exercise voice, that is speak up and demand changes, or they can exit and join a different organization or use a different product/service.
For blockchains forking is the native implementation of “exit” but voting will be the way to achieve “voice.” Change is most effectively accomplished when both mechanisms are available. Forking (exit) is very disruptive and should be chosen only as a means of last recourse after voting (voice) has been tried and failed. This is why I am excited to see projects that are working to implement on-chain voting for protocol evolution. This is an important missing capability.
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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