Community Currencies for Signals and Social Computing

Discussion with Alison McDowell and Jason Bosch.

Mirrored from the original here: https://www.youtube.com/live/9ckxi6L92IE?feature=share Also found on argusfest here: https://youtu.be/ah47ODFImFA Blog post: https://wrenchinthegears.com/2023/08/14/community-currencies-as-signals-of-social-computing/

Here's the link to the Celo community currencies video featuring Fennie Wang. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opH_P3O2HDY

Ultimately the question is who designed the game board, and who's in charge of changing the rules / terrain? Most people don't even know there's a game happening. While we may be told we can have a guest role as a game designer, I don't think the general public is actually controlling ANY of the Web3 "games" of extended reality. The trick is, they want us to believe we are in control. That's what "the resistance" is selling - problem, reaction, solution. We can debate whether or not they understand what they are doing, but that is the situation. See these clips from Kevin Werbach, Wharton professor on game design and blockchain. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNSjVGWqTO6u7sU8gz2TKuXaHkr5qIs9