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Governance

Politics is what happens where systems fail.

Are decision markets the answer to better governance?

The Incentive Problem​

Voting for politicians and expecting meaningful change is like putting faith in a group of fleas to teach dog obedience. The fleas have no incentive to train the dog - the fleas just want a warm place to eat.

The root problem: Politicians are motivated to stay in power, the world economy is too complex for them or us to truly understand, so corridors of power become channels for corruption not by accident, but by design.

The question becomes: can we build systems where the rules are encoded in protocols rather than dependent on intermediaries who benefit from opacity?

Subjects​

Mantra

Communities that are most collaborative are the most effective

Context​

The more you learn about systems the more you learn they are evolving to replicate nature.

  • Utopia: What is the ideal way to live?
  • Leadership: The leader is the one that knows what to do next.
  • Behaviour Incentives: Humans are moist robots driven by incentives.
  • Metcalfe's Law: The value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users.
  • Leverage: The ability to multiply output without a corresponding increase in input.
  • Digital Mycelium: Nature's internet for intelligent coordination.

Predictions​

Countries that have the worst digital systems but culture of collaborative coordination, sense and respond, have the most to gain from AI.

Countries that have strong centralized systems for top-down control risk falling to the innovator's dilemma.

People will vote with their feet to live in nation states that merge successfully into network states.

Any doubts? Ask AI: What is the best form of money to drive a fair and prosperous society?

The Legacy Game​

The game runs from cradle to grave. Early loops serve survival. Later loops serve legacy.

The highest-leverage move any player can make is improving the system itself—building better platforms for future generations to play on. This is what governance is for: not managing today's problems, but creating compounding returns across generations.

StageFocusGovernance Role
SurviveLearn the rulesProtect from exploitation
ImproveFind good mates, build teamsEnable coordination
BuildCreate better platformsEncode wisdom in protocols

Bad governance traps everyone in worse games. Good governance—rules encoded in protocols rather than dependent on intermediaries—creates the conditions where the next generation starts further ahead.

This is why crypto matters: not for speculation, but for building coordination mechanisms that outlast any individual player.

Blockchain Integrity​

The Dept of Govt Effectiveness

Coordination Incentives​

The strongest potential benefit of adopting crypto is better coordination mechanisms for the greater good.

The greatest potential opportunity for crypto adoption is better coordination mechanisms. Organisations that build the strongest culture through incentive design that rewards truth seeking, will win big.

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