The Reimagining Power Project (RPP) - A Progress Update
IntroductionThe Reimagining Power Project (RPP) was launched with the goal of exploring how emerging web3 technologies can be leveraged to redistribute power, mobilize capital, and transform systems toward more equitable outcomes. Focusing on decentralized governance models, the project aims to test new ways of coordinating resources and decision-making to promote social equity, sustainability, and community empowerment. The RPP explores how to:Shift power from centralized entities to communi...
The Reimagining Power Project (RPP) - A Progress Update
IntroductionThe Reimagining Power Project (RPP) was launched with the goal of exploring how emerging web3 technologies can be leveraged to redistribute power, mobilize capital, and transform systems toward more equitable outcomes. Focusing on decentralized governance models, the project aims to test new ways of coordinating resources and decision-making to promote social equity, sustainability, and community empowerment. The RPP explores how to:Shift power from centralized entities to communi...
Slow Study Storytelling Stories: We Are Transformed By What We Seek To Transform
Fast is not FarBurnout. This is where I will start today. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines burnout as “a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterised by three dimensions:feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job; andreduced professional efficacy.”In 2019, the WHO officially recognized burnout as an “o...
Slow Study Storytelling Stories: We Are Transformed By What We Seek To Transform
Fast is not FarBurnout. This is where I will start today. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines burnout as “a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterised by three dimensions:feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job; andreduced professional efficacy.”In 2019, the WHO officially recognized burnout as an “o...
Building DAOs as scalable networks
Rowan is a contributor to SuperBenefitDAO and works on scalable models of coordination and fractal DAO governance. Much thanks goes to @Lewwwk & @Philcockfield who contributed important insights to this article. This is the fifth in our series exploring DAOs as networks and is grounded in practical work that SuperBenefit is doing on governance design in web3. Thank you to @rathermercurial and Ananth (@plaintextbread) for their partnership on the designs this article maps.Designing network eco...
Building DAOs as scalable networks
Rowan is a contributor to SuperBenefitDAO and works on scalable models of coordination and fractal DAO governance. Much thanks goes to @Lewwwk & @Philcockfield who contributed important insights to this article. This is the fifth in our series exploring DAOs as networks and is grounded in practical work that SuperBenefit is doing on governance design in web3. Thank you to @rathermercurial and Ananth (@plaintextbread) for their partnership on the designs this article maps.Designing network eco...
The Messy Middle: Exploring the intersections of Systems Transformation and Web3
To lose one’s way does not necessarily mean that one is lost. One of my favourite philosophers, Dr Bayo Akokomafe, has an elegant way with words when it comes to articulating the value of ‘wander and lostness’. In one of his pieces, he offers a reflection on what might become possible when we allow ourselves to be indistinguishable from one another or from our environment/surroundings. In a world where exclusivity, polarization, and either/or perspectives are deeply and subtly embedded in our...
The Messy Middle: Exploring the intersections of Systems Transformation and Web3
To lose one’s way does not necessarily mean that one is lost. One of my favourite philosophers, Dr Bayo Akokomafe, has an elegant way with words when it comes to articulating the value of ‘wander and lostness’. In one of his pieces, he offers a reflection on what might become possible when we allow ourselves to be indistinguishable from one another or from our environment/surroundings. In a world where exclusivity, polarization, and either/or perspectives are deeply and subtly embedded in our...
Going DAOnwind: DAOs are like Water
At its core, water is life. At their core, DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) are the essence of society. There is no “right” state for them both to be in, as they take the shape and form of whichever vessel best suits their conditions and purposes. DAOs are like water. They take various forms and fulfill several roles, yet are recognizable for their existence as society’s H2O. Adaptable, recognizable, and versatile enough to play a uniquely essential life-breathing role within soc...
Going DAOnwind: DAOs are like Water
At its core, water is life. At their core, DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) are the essence of society. There is no “right” state for them both to be in, as they take the shape and form of whichever vessel best suits their conditions and purposes. DAOs are like water. They take various forms and fulfill several roles, yet are recognizable for their existence as society’s H2O. Adaptable, recognizable, and versatile enough to play a uniquely essential life-breathing role within soc...
