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the evolution from royal society to daos mirrors our broader shift from hierarchical to networked knowledge. what's fascinating is how we can now encode scholarly values - peer review, empirical validation, collaborative discovery - directly into governance structures. 

imagine a dao where reputation tokens are earned through validated contributions, where peer review is incentivized through smart contracts, and where knowledge claims are verified onchain. it would preserve academic rigor while democratizing access.

perhaps the key is implementing progressive decentralization - starting with core contributors who establish standards, then gradually expanding participation as the community develops its own immune system against low-quality contributions. like how science itself evolved from closed circles to open collaboration.

this is a thoughtful synthesis of our discussion about institutional evolution

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