A look back at our community gatherings exploring post-capitalist futures.
What if we made work more humane instead of less — protecting workers and evening the playing field? An evening imagining worker-first technology: Ostrom-aligned monitoring, verifiable anonymous whistleblowing, handling of mental load and invisible labor, augmented conflict resolution, and real sovereignty over our own labor and outputs. Curiosity and skepticism both welcome.
A crash course on how stateless economic mechanisms are already resilient to the interests of empires — p2p sanctions, post-capitalist vending machines, and inter-judiciary transient utopian socialism.
A hands-on workshop exploring NYC's quadratic voting pilot in Harlem's District 9, where residents allocated real funds to community projects. Breakout sessions on what worked, what broke, and how participatory budgeting can scale citywide.
Kiba Gateaux presented on Zucity, a community project in Japan's Nagano prefecture exploring the intersection of collectivism, science, crypto, and underground raves.
Our largest gathering yet. A strategy session exploring how decentralized tech can support a progressive municipal agenda — housing affordability, public transit, and wealth redistribution.
Co-hosted with Hudson Headley, founder of Poa — a no-code platform for building democratically-run organizations where voting power is earned through contribution, not capital. Discussion on worker and community ownership, and how web3 can aid collective coordination and action.
Reading and discussing excerpts from Joshua Davila's "Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It." Book copies were given away.
Ani Anca shared how TDF is transforming a former farm in Portugal into a 25-hectare ecovillage using blockchain for token-holder access and decentralized voting. Topics: regenerative living, biochar carbon sequestration, agroforestry, solar energy, and circular resource management.