D/acc program Governance Analysis Paper: Optimism Season 8 Intent Ratification
IntroductionThe Optimism Collective has pioneered governance experiments through its unique two-house model that balances token holder interests with community-driven legitimacy. I also had the chance to work with the foundation to pionner a new approach to governance: Deliberative governance (see: https://gov.optimism.io/t/when-is-deliberation-useful-for-optimism-governance/9142). This is why I focus in this paper on a case of governance in the optimism ecosystem. In June 2025, the Collectiv...
D/acc program Governance Analysis Paper: Optimism Season 8 Intent Ratification
IntroductionThe Optimism Collective has pioneered governance experiments through its unique two-house model that balances token holder interests with community-driven legitimacy. I also had the chance to work with the foundation to pionner a new approach to governance: Deliberative governance (see: https://gov.optimism.io/t/when-is-deliberation-useful-for-optimism-governance/9142). This is why I focus in this paper on a case of governance in the optimism ecosystem. In June 2025, the Collectiv...
Syntropolis: A blue print for mastering AI
AbstractThis article introduces the concept of Syntropolis—a global, inclusive, and decentralized democratic polity built upon synthetic intelligence and sustained by equitable AI revenue sharing. Moving beyond the notion of artificial intelligence, Syntropolis envisions a future structured through syntropy: the organization of systems toward higher order, cooperation, and inclusivity. Rather than centralizing power, syntropic intelligence underpins a new form of governance, aligning collecti...
Syntropolis: A blue print for mastering AI
AbstractThis article introduces the concept of Syntropolis—a global, inclusive, and decentralized democratic polity built upon synthetic intelligence and sustained by equitable AI revenue sharing. Moving beyond the notion of artificial intelligence, Syntropolis envisions a future structured through syntropy: the organization of systems toward higher order, cooperation, and inclusivity. Rather than centralizing power, syntropic intelligence underpins a new form of governance, aligning collecti...
Leaping Beyond the Intelligence Curse: Innovation through Citizens’ Assemblies and Sortition-Based Governance
Introduction — What Drago & Laine Get Right (and Miss)I recently read the The Intelligence Curse, by Luke Drago and Rudolf Laine. I found the series of essays very interesting and at the same time questioning. They sound an alarm that also sometimes make me feel ill at ease: once Artificial General Intelligence becomes “general intelligence on tap,” capital can copy super-human labour instead of hiring people, and “powerful actors … will lose their incentives to invest in people.” The authors...
Leaping Beyond the Intelligence Curse: Innovation through Citizens’ Assemblies and Sortition-Based Governance
Introduction — What Drago & Laine Get Right (and Miss)I recently read the The Intelligence Curse, by Luke Drago and Rudolf Laine. I found the series of essays very interesting and at the same time questioning. They sound an alarm that also sometimes make me feel ill at ease: once Artificial General Intelligence becomes “general intelligence on tap,” capital can copy super-human labour instead of hiring people, and “powerful actors … will lose their incentives to invest in people.” The authors...
Decentralized Tokenized Robotics for the synthetic intelligence Age (DeToRo)
Executive SummaryWe are entering an era in which synthetic intelligence and robotics will become foundational to global productivity, infrastructure, and economic organization. This whitepaper introduces a startup vision for a decentralized, tokenized robotics ecosystem that uses blockchain and decentralized deliberative governance to coordinate funding, revenue-sharing, and governance across globally distributed stakeholders. By combining Web3 principles with open hardware and AI-driven robo...
Decentralized Tokenized Robotics for the synthetic intelligence Age (DeToRo)
Executive SummaryWe are entering an era in which synthetic intelligence and robotics will become foundational to global productivity, infrastructure, and economic organization. This whitepaper introduces a startup vision for a decentralized, tokenized robotics ecosystem that uses blockchain and decentralized deliberative governance to coordinate funding, revenue-sharing, and governance across globally distributed stakeholders. By combining Web3 principles with open hardware and AI-driven robo...
