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This week we have deep dive into how DAOs could allocate their treasuries to fund projects and initiatives, which pairs nicely with an exploration in the idea of what the career path of an innovator might look like.
We stumbled upon this fascinating essay about the history and relevance of Goatskin in spreading the written word back in the old old days.
The last articles are exploring how a collective of musicians sold new music through NFTs and the signs in the city and what it tells about the governance/mindset of it and a deep dive into what it means to become more senior as a consultant.
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đ€ How DAOs should approach treasury management
Crypto enables the financialization of (almost) everything, including digital art, memes, and stories. Culture will be at the center of investing. Some of the best investors over the next few decades will deeply understand and influence culture. These will be creator and curator DAOs like FWB and WHALE.
Here are a few things creator and curator DAO treasuries can do:
Distribute tokens to select tastemakers, e.g. holders of cryptopunks
Curate / recruit new creators to their community by buying their NFTs
Swap tokens with similarly aligned communities and provide access to mutual benefits like gated content or a tokenized group chat
Airdrop tokens to the most active community members on Discord
Facilitate an active tipping culture among members to grow the community economy
đĄ We need a career path for invention
The bottom line is that if a young person wants to focus their career on inventionâas distinct from scientific research, corporate engineering, or entrepreneurshipâthe support structure doesnât exist. There isnât a straightforward way to get started, there isnât an institution of any kind that will hire you into this role, and there isnât a community that values what you are focused on and will reward you with prestige and further opportunities based on your success. In short, there is no career path.
đ Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How âThe King of the Worldâs Booksellersâ Produced Manuscripts
One goat was often needed for each page of parchment in a large liturgical book such as an antiphonary, while a Bible might take the skins of more than two hundred animalsâan entire herd of goats or flock of sheep.
đ The Signs that Make a City
The signs on the street are a measure of how much authorities care about their citizens â and from stylish fonts to neon lights, Britain has a lot to learn from European cities which have used signage to enliven the urban landscape.
đ” The Music NFT Auction
Two weeks ago, a group of 9 talented strangers came together and created 3 absolutely insane, fantastic, weird, eclectic, beautiful songs. At the same time, a group of visual artists and project operatives formed to support the visual art and rollout plan of said music.
đ What Does âBecoming More Seniorâ Really Mean?
As companies develop talent, the question of how to help people become more senior over time, to the fullest of their potential, has great significance. Equally, ensuring that leaders have the underlying capacities required to navigate senior roles â and not simply a track record of success applying known playbooks on increasingly larger stages â can avoid the strategic risk created when executives get over their heads.
In most companies, these questions are hard to see in clear light because âbecoming more seniorâ is, for all kinds of good reasons, mixed up with different questions like the size of the team one manages, the demonstration of prerequisites for a particular job, and the businessâs ability to afford a compensation package. At Incandescent, we have a people system in which there are no titles that denote level in the organization. Staffing to roles is separated from career progression, and compensation is a function of professional growth and performance, rather than of role.
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