City/Sync Context: Original Video on dPAN’s | Local Chains as a Civic Coordination Framework | The Logic & Philosophy of a Bifurcated Economy | From Citizens to Contributors | Recomposing Government Legitimacy | Decentralized Self-Reliance | Embedding d-emocracy In Authoritarian StatesThe motivation for writing this essay is to provide more context to the vision behind City/Sync. The details of why and how are too complex to capture in a single essay, and in many ways, these essays have been ...

City/Sync Context: Original Video on dPAN’s | Local Chains as a Civic Coordination Framework | The Logic & Philosophy of a Bifurcated Economy | From Citizens to Contributors | Recomposing Government Legitimacy | Decentralized Self-Reliance Foundations of Authoritarian powerWhen people think of authoritarian regimes, they often imagine dictators at podiums and military parades with all the latest toys of warfare. These images capture the theater of power but not its foundations. Authoritariani...

City/Sync Context:Original Video on dPAN’s | Local Chains as a Civic Coordination Framework | The Logic & Philosophy of a Bifurcated Economy | From Citizens to Contributors | Recomposing Government Legitimacy _______ So, “decentralization” has become one of those words people throw around without really pausing to think about what it means in practice. It sounds sleek and futuristic, maybe even a little rebellious, like an antidote to everything broken in politics and government…but the reali...

City/Sync Context:Original Video on dPAN’s | Local Chains as a Civic Coordination Framework | The Logic & Philosophy of a Bifurcated Economy | From Citizens to Contributors | First off, I want to thank @peth.eth for engaging with me on this topic publicly. Working publicly often means addressing criticisms, justifying your position, and reestablishing poorly explained concepts in a more detailed manner. Those critiques inspired me to channel a more defensible posture for why I am proposing th...

City/Sync Context:Original Video on dPAN’s | Local Chains as a Civic Coordination Framework | The Logic & Philosophy of a Bifurcated Economy | The idea of citizenship has long been treated as the foundation of political belonging. To be a citizen of a state or a city is to belong to its demos. The history of citizenship has historically been built on exclusionary principles, and it has defined who counts and who doesn’t, who is the ‘we’ and who is the ‘they’. The passport, the residency permi...

City/Sync Context:Original Video on dPAN’s | Local Chains as a Civic Coordination Framework | In my previous writing, I introduced the City/Sync project and, in doing so, touched on a fundamental concept central to the vision I am presenting. Upon reflection, I realize I did not provide the explanation it deserves. I am going to take the time to rectify that now. à la modeThe discourse surrounding modes of production is often oversimplified. Terms such as capitalism, socialism, and communism ...

The City/Sync Publication (All Writings) While I have previously introduced the idea of Decentralized Public Administration Networks, or dPANs, as a mechanism to decentralize existing administrative systems, there is far more to this vision. Radical disruption of municipal systems is not something governments can easily accept or permit. History has taught us this. Local authorities operate under legal, political, and fiduciary constraints that make wholesale change impossible overnight. The ...