David Graeber’s anarchist experiment

David Graeber's anarchist experiment. Pirates, bitcoin, and cyberspace. Distributed decision making vs distributed information access, decentralised organisations and bureaucracy.

Guest bio: Jean-Philippe Vergne is an Associate Researcher of strategy and blockchain at the UCL School of Management. His award-winning research on piracy and on the rise of blockchain-powered organizations has been published in leading academic journals. His latest work is focused on defining and measuring decentralisation. Are DAOs effective organisations or are we misunderstanding their purpose? Bitcoin as a decentralised entity case study.

Themes discussed: Bitcoin, Decentralisation, DAOs, Piracy, Blockchain, Bureocracy, Decentralization, anarchy, David Graeber, David Graeber Anarchism