Blockchain as life Pt I: Incentivizing humans with machines
Arguably, the core feature of tokenized ecosystems, aka public blockchains, is getting people to do stuff. Incentives are powerful. But similar to Artificial Intelligence (AI) / optimizer design, getting incentives right is hard. Blockchains can even be framed as life. In this context, what if we end up with a rogue life form sucking the life energy…