Datocracy: In Search of Generative Governance

Bruce asks Prabhakar some questions about project IGWET.

Show Notes

Last episode, Prabhakar shared the manifesto for www.igwet.com, his new platform for transformational communities. This week Bruce asks a number of pointed questions about those bold claims...

The IGWET EAQ
  1. "communities seeking positive change"
    1. what is positive change?
    2. what is negative change?
    3. who decides?
  2. "ad-hoc groups build up trust"
    1. how is trust built-up? in each persons mind?
    2. how does a community or an individual keep track of the trust it has on each trusted entity?
  3. "relational practices" -> "open source spirituality"
    1. how do shared practices reflect spirituality?
    2. how do values and ideals translate into code-based practices?
  4. "scaffold to demonstrate competence"
    1. so competence is a function of how many entities adopt the practices that an entity authors?
  5. "networked communities have not been able to win against hierarchical institutions"
    1. hierarchical entities still have the advantage of resource accummulation and concentration; can IGWET help with that?
  6. "IGWET provides a low-cost, easy-to-use platform designed to promote bottom-up innovation"
    1. "IGWET solution for the problems (slow information transfer from the bottom to the top, expensive and slow innovation) of top-down hierarchies?"
  7. "community-curated practices"
    1. similar to Ethereums contracts?
    2. what is the language used to code this practices?
Automated Transcript

What is Datocracy: In Search of Generative Governance?

Two ex-Apple employees brainstorm and argue about the best way to replace our current institutions with more humane, community-oriented alternatives.