1000% 

"Current solutions to addressing the delivery gap in cities over index either on neocities and building new states from scratch (led by great man theories and technocracy) or completely overhauling existing government (and the slow but needed structures that nonetheless still ensure our basic safety and needs). A third way is possible, however. Instead we can retrofit existing systems with new endoskeletal frameworks; adaptive, decentralized protocols that enable cities and communities to evolve without abandoning their shared foundations."

@rithikha a big opportunity is for more ambitious bottom up efforts. I feel there's too much complacency there. 

I like the notion of slime molds as an organizational metaphor for those type of open protocols you mention 

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@rithikha a big opportunity is for more ambitious bottom up efforts. I feel there's too much complacency there. 

I like the notion of slime molds as an organizational metaphor for those type of open protocols you mention 

Set a goal of out-blobbing the blog 

https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/coordination-headwinds

I say we need many more bottom up efforts plus also not top down so much as many top downs 

Polycentric governance 

That's an impactful concept from groundwater management 

Lots of relevance 

Practically US states are one vector 

California is a natural key node alternative to Doge and DC

Thanks for actually reading haha, will publish a cleaned up version soon. 

Agreed with the thought we need more bottom efforts, but get the sense it's a bottom effort + ____?____. Blank that allows grassroots efforts to scale (read as: coordinate better) and scale horizontally better.