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Danica Swanson
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🎯 I'm reminded of "The Hacker Milieu as Gift Culture," "The Hacker Ethic," and other writings from open-source culture that make a case for funding creative work in ways that decouple financial incentives from performance. Especially for trusted devs, creators, CLPs, etc., in the Farconomy whose previous work is already known in the ecosystem and respected for its quality, I think this makes a great deal of sense. Let them choose their new projects out of intrinsic motivation, and just send them crypto at a level that covers their basic needs so they can focus their full attention on the work. That's it. No performance metrics, no grant applications, no strings attached. https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0xb82b1c23
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RoboCopsGoneMad
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Wait till y'all hear about @ProtocolGuild !
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Danica Swanson
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Yep, I've been following @protocolguild with interest for quite awhile. Been thinking about whether their model might be adapted somehow to fund writers/artists...
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I've seen members themselves saying that Protocol Guild is a unicorn and anyone trying to replicate it will have to be creative in adapting it to the new dynamics of whatever group is trying to get funded. Studying rare successes can yield valuable insights, but I often find that failed attempts are more informative in designing new systems. Seeing and understanding why something *didn't* work can stimulate innovative solutions far more than the somewhat simpler work of trying to copy something from somewhere else. The problem is most failures are swept under the rug, so to speak. Someone recently suggested a group should get funding to analyze failed DAOs and other web3 orgs to build a database of learnings. I like this idea!
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