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December 1, 2021
Operationalizing the GitcoinDAO Anti-Sybil Process
Read our article: 'Operationalizing the GitcoinDAO Anti-Sybil Process' to explore insights from BlockScience experts on this topic.
April 1, 2023
Model-Based Institutional Design
MBID provides a powerful machine-readable framework to design & analyze institutions, & ensure adaptabillity & alignment with intended purpose.
September 20, 2019
Introduction to Engineering Complex Adaptive Systems
Video playlist on engineering systems, cybernetic steering, and the roles of humans and infrastructure within complex adaptive networks
August 19, 2022
Functional Autonomy, Political Autonomy & Four (4) Sub-Types
Video: Zargham explores political and functional autonomy and four (4) sub-types of autonomy: individual, collective, tactical, and strategic.
February 2, 2023
Disambiguating Autonomy: Ceding Control in favor of Coordination
Examines tensions & trade-offs between functional autonomy, political autonomy & subtypes (4): strategic, tactical, collective & individual autonomy.
March 26, 2021
Deterring Adversarial Behavior at Scale in Gitcoin Grants
On social & technical behaviors in Gitcoin Grant Round 9, & proposes a framework for community-based policy making in semi-automated systems.
August 8, 2024
BlockScience as a Cybernetic Organization (Cyb-Org)
Institutional analysis exploring organizational cybernetics, systems thinking & viable systems models that inform BlockScience's functional architecture
April 19, 2022
Applying Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model to Decentralized Organization
Stafford Beer articulated the “Viable System Model” (VSM) in his 1972 book ‘Brain of the Firm’ as a management tool to determine the viability of an organization.
September 1, 2023
A Language for Knowledge Networks
Developing digital infrastructure to support conversations between organizations & enable small specialized firms to outcompete large institutions.
April 6, 2022
Aligning the concept of ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ to Precedents in Cybernetics
Drawing on Stafford Beer’s Viable Systems Model, this research paper bridges DAOs & cybernetics via two main principles of organization: viability & purpose.