StellarPunk combines SolarPunk and LunarPunk, addressing weaknesses and promoting a more pluralistic and decentralized world.
StellarPunk embraces plurality, strikes a balance between privacy and publicity, and mitigates collusion risks for a more equitable decision-making process.
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StellarPunk: Bridging the Gap Between SolarPunk and LunarPunk
StellarPunk is a new paradigm that combines the virtues of SolarPunk and LunarPunk while addressing their weaknesses. It recognizes the importance of privacy and transparency and seeks to create a more pluralistic and decentralized world. The goal of StellarPunk is to find consensus across different perspectives and empower communities to govern their shared data and resources. It introduces correlation discounts in quadratic voting to correct for collusion and ensure a more diverse range of voices is heard. StellarPunk envisions a future where creativity, art, and architecture are more vibrant and diverse, reflecting the unique perspectives of individuals and communities.
The Power of Pluralism in StellarPunk
StellarPunk embraces the idea of plurality and rejects the notion of one central authority or ideology. It encourages the coordination and collaboration of diverse individuals and communities. By allowing for partial privacy and partial publicity, StellarPunk aims to strike a balance between individual needs and collective interests. It recognizes that true consensus can be found by considering the correlated conversations and overlaps between different groups. In doing so, it mitigates the risks of hidden collusion while promoting a more equitable and inclusive decision-making process.
The StellarPunk Vision for the Future
In a maximally successful StellarPunk world, diversity and creativity thrive. The world becomes a more colorful and vibrant place, capturing the richness of different cultures and perspectives. Architecture, art, and social systems reflect the recombination and fusion of various ideas and influences. StellarPunk fosters decentralized governance and the empowerment of communities, ensuring that decision-making power is distributed and collusion-resistant. The goal is to move away from monolithic power structures and prioritize the plurality of voices and perspectives, creating a more resilient and sustainable future.
Implementing StellarPunk in the Present
The StellarPunk vision is not just an abstract concept. It is being actively pursued and implemented by projects like the Floral Communication Cooperative (FCC). The FCC has developed a discourse fork that incorporates correlation discounts and offers a playful way to express preferences while accounting for social clusters. This open-source tool can be used by communities, DAOs, and Web3 ecosystems to experiment with collusion-resistant mechanisms and foster decentralized decision-making. These practical applications of StellarPunk help make plurality a tangible reality.
Joining the podcast today is Puja Ohlhaver, a lawyer, innovator, and technologist in Healthcare and Web3 who co-authored “Decentralized Society: Finding Web3’s Soul.” with Glen Weyl and Vitalik Buterin. We cover what constitutes Stellarpunk by differentiating Solar and Lunarpunks. This podcast is full of Memes, Analogies and Metaphors.
0:00 Intro 02:58 Plurality Conference Talk 09:08 What’s Solarpunk? 15:17 The Lunarpunks 20:34 What Constitutes Stellarpunk 30:45 Metaphors for Coordination 37:58 What would a Stellarpunk World look like 42:48 Closing Thoughts
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