Collectively Intelligent: Recent Episodes
Jack du Rose, Aron Fischer, & Commodore
The podcast in which we hope that if we talk to smart people for long enough, we might eventually say something intelligent. Our format will be a series of open ended conversations with people who do interesting things and hopefully have something interesting to say.
A conversation about Nomad with Anna Carrol and Aron Fischer
Nomad (nomad.xyz / @nomadxyz_) is a cross-chain messaging protocol. Unlike token bridges, it is designed to relay arbitrary messages between chains. It enables the development of natively cross-chain applications, i.e. apps that live on multiple blockchains simultaneously, seamlessly and securely moving data between them.
To better understand the vision, and the design principles that underpin the system, I sat down with Anna Carrol - protocol lead at Nomad - for a deep dive into the tech.
Links:
- Homepage: https://nomad.xyz
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nomadxyz_
- Github: https://github.com/nomad-xyz
- Blogpost "The Nomad Design Philosophy": https://medium.com/nomad-xyz-blog/the-nomad-design-philosophy-6fc0eacf3263
- Blogpost on Seed Investment: https://medium.com/nomad-xyz-blog/nomad-raises-22m-seed-round-for-security-first-interoperability-5d6b15c96007
CONNECT
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Auryn discusses the pros & cons of the xDai + Gnosis merger with Jack & Aron. They explore the vision of Gnosis & how xDai fits in. The nuances of private voting is discussed in-depth exploring the edges of academic to reality.
EPISODE LINKSAuryn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/auryn_macmillan
Website: https://twitter.com/GnosisGuild
Colony: https://colony.io
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Tracheopteryx sits down with Jack & Aron to discuss compensation + organizational structures in DAOs. One of the authors of Yearn's celebrated Governance 2.0 proposal, they dig into how Yearn learned their way to these insights. Trach also touches on the inspiration & power of Coordinape. Enjoy!
EPISODE LINKSTracheopteryx Twitter: https://twitter.com/tracheopteryx
Website: https://coordinape.com/
Colony: https://colony.io
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Frogmonkee joins Commodore to discuss the insights discovered in operating one of the larger DAOs in the space, Bankless DAO. We discuss how governance of the project has evolved & what they're looking to change. Take a peek inside the inner workings (and more importantly their learnings) of a DAO. Enjoy!
EPISODE LINKSFrogmonkee Twitter: https://twitter.com/frogmonkee
Website: https://www.bankless.community/
Colony: https://colony.io
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Bodó Balázs joins Aron & Jack to talk trust in a decentralized future. Bodó challenges a lot of the hype & optimistic thinking in the space with a fresh perspective on trust. They explore the dynamics between trust, reputation, & capitalism throughout the past/present/future. A debate around the security of open source code sits at the heart of trust in a decentralized world. Enjoy!
EPISODE LINKSBodó Balázs' Twitter: https://twitter.com/bodobalazs
What Tech Calls Thinking: https://www.adriandaub.com/books/what-tech-calls
Colony: https://colony.io
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Dennison joins Commodore to talk about the inspiration and vision of Tally. Dennison talks magic money & magic communities. The challenges that DAOs are facing. Adapting organizations to be digitally native & global. We take a fun nostalgic detour discussing the old TI-83 calculator game: Dope Wars. Enjoy!
EPISODE LINKSDennison's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DennisonBertram
Tally: https://www.withtally.com/
Colony: https://colony.io
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Jack & Aron sit down with Elad Verbin to talk all things governance. Elad prodded the web3 community in an infamous Twitter thread positing that token-based governance is a fantasy. The conversation flows through all things DAOs & governance in a must-listen episode. Enjoy!
EPISODE LINKSJack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Elad's Twitter: https://twitter.com/verbine
Colony: https://colony.io
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Gardens is one of the most interesting governance models being used in the DAO community. Join us to explore the broad vision of Garden & how it works. Sacha shares incredible bits of knowledge along the way ranging from the future of a digital nation to the illusions of autonomy using a multi-sig. Enjoy!
EPISODE LINKSSacha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xmiel
1Hive's Gardens: https://gardens.substack.com/p/introducing-gardens
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
The Sovereign Individual: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82256.The_Sovereign_Individual
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Exploring the variables in evolving civilizations, specifically processing information faster & more efficiently. Vishal Kankani discusses the importance designing governance for DAOs & democratizing information. We discuss efficiently allocating capital globally at scale to evolve civilization. We also explore the game theory of nation states embracing crypto.
EPISODE LINKSVishal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kankanivishal
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
When Ideas Have Sex (TED Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLHh9E5ilZ4
GDP per capita over the past 2,000 years: https://imgur.com/OhZIYkV
Theory of the Firm: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/files/file/coase-nature.pdf
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Exploring the thinking of Stafford Beer's 'Designing Freedom' through the lens of cybernetics + DAOs. Krono shares his inspiration for thinking of complex social systems such as religion and capitalism as games & we muse on the impact on Web 3. We take a detour exploring the future of the nation-state & what role crypto may play. Enjoy our wide ranging conversation!
EPISODE LINKSBeer Stafford's 'Designing Freedom': https://monoskop.org/images/e/e3/Beer_Stafford_Designing_Freedom.pdf
A Theory of Fun: https://www.theoryoffun.com/
Krono's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kronosapiens
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Rafa shares his learnings from studying human organizations broadly as they're applied to DAOs. Ranging from "The History of the Corporation" and their impact on the metaphors we use today to agent-agnostic organizations of tomorrow. Rafa expands upon the idea that we're "moving away from zero-sum competition to positive-sum cooperation". Enjoy the conversation exploring the wide ranging viewpoint of human coordination.
EPISODE LINKSRafa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rafathebuilder
Machine Thinking, Conveyance, and the Future of Design: https://towardsdatascience.com/machine-thinking-conveyance-and-the-future-of-design-be2af8c7533c
A Brief History of the Corporation: 1600 to 2100: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/06/08/a-brief-history-of-the-corporation-1600-to-2100/
The Evolution of Enterprise Organization Designs: https://www.jorgdesign.net/article/view/6342/6045
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore
Two of our hosts, Jack du Rose (CEO & Founder of Colony) & Aron Fischer (recovering mathematician & co-author of the Colony whitepaper) sit down to discuss the story of Colony. What is Colony trying to solve? What have they learned along the way? Having worked on the challenges of DAO coordination for over 5 years, their insights are truly unique in understanding the power of coordinating humans online. Enjoy!
EPISODE LINKSJack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Colony: https://colony.io
CONNECTTwitter: https://twitter.com/joincolony
Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdurose
Aron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathsguy
Commodore's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thycommodore