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Governance Problems

What are the biggest problems preventing fair governance for the greater good?

Where is an open list of the biggest problems faced with public immutable records on their decisions for prioritisation and implementation strategy?

Machiavellian Leadership​

  • Short-termism
  • Laziness
  • Selfishness
  • Lack of accountability
  • Lack of transparency
  • Incompetence

Crony Capitalism​

When power concentrates, the game becomes rigged:

  • Nepotism — Positions filled by connection, not competence
  • Ego over ethics — Leaders optimizing for status, not outcomes
  • Short-term thinking — Extracting value rather than creating it
  • Cannot trust centralized power — The incentive problem at scale
  • The rich keep becoming much richer — Platform failure that compounds

This is why we advocate for protocols over politicians—rules encoded in systems, not dependent on the integrity of intermediaries who benefit from opacity.

Coordination Failures​

Borrowed money in the hope of solving problems without verifiable systems to extract valuable insight or mechanisms to enact meaningful progress.

  • Track Dept Spending of Taxes
  • Manage assets more effectively
    • Real Estate / Buildings
    • Natural Resources
  • Make Meetings Matter
  • Efficient Auditable Payments

Rehabilitation and Justice​

How successful are rehabilitation processes in reality?

QuestionWhy It Matters
How large is the potential social and economic reward?Quantifying the cost of failure
How can trust be built into the rehabilitation process?Governance requires verification
What is the cost of constant reoffending?Platform failure creates cycles

Addiction Treatment​

The real problem is not drugs as much as the people who are prone to addiction.

Current system promotes gangs and violence and fails people who are vulnerable to addiction. This is a platform failure—bad incentives creating worse outcomes:

Current PlatformBetter Platform
Criminalization as primary toolTreatment as primary tool
Punishment without supportRehabilitation with verification
Stigma preventing reintegrationClear pathways back to contribution

The question isn't moral—it's economic and systemic. What platform produces people who contribute rather than drain?

DAO Problems​

What are the biggest challenges that DAOs need to solve?

Primary challenges:

DAO Governance​

Effective governance remains a significant challenge. DAOs often struggle with voter apathy, where a small number of participants make decisions for the entire organization.

Coin voting Sux - Vitalik

DAO Coordination​

DAOs still require leadership and real world human interaction. Coordinating actions and achieving consensus among a large, decentralized group can be difficult.

Alignment of intent and lack of commitment.

DAOs operate in a legal gray area, with unclear regulations and potential legal liabilities for participants.

Security​

Smart contracts, while powerful, are not immune to bugs and vulnerabilities, which can lead to significant financial losses.

Onboarding​

In what way different? Is it lack of background knowledge of blockchain?

Recognition​

It is possible that quiet overachievers can be unrecognised fairly for their contribution as others may not understand the value they have provided.

Optimal Size​

Dunbar's law?

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