What can we learn from the evolution of open source communities and how might they be applied to online communities and the creator economy today? Author Nadia Asparouhova joins host Sonal Choksi to talk about Asparouhova's book, Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, from Stripe Press.They start with a  a taxonomy for communities, and then dig into how open source has changed over time, which learnings from open source do and don’t apply to new communities online, how communities intersect with the growing desire for more "high-shared context" groups and spaces (including even podcasts and newsletters), and more.

Bayeslord, founder of the e/acc movement, and Nadia Asparouhova, writer, discuss the foundations and future of the e/acc movement. They explore the negative perception of technology, the culture war in the tech industry, the evolution of optimism, the impact of social media and technology, and the pros and cons of documenting a movement. They tease upcoming writing and express appreciation for the conversation.

Nadia Asparouhova is currently researching what the new tech elite will look like at nadia.xyz. She is also the author of Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software.We talk about how:* American philanthropy has changed from Rockefeller to Effective Altruism* SBF represented the Davos elite rather than the Silicon Valley elite,* Open source software reveals the limitations of democratic participation,* & much more.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript here.Timestamps(0:00:00) - Intro(0:00:26) - SBF was Davos elite(0:09:38) - Gender sociology of philanthropy(0:16:30) - Was Shakespeare an open source project?(0:22:00) - Need for charismatic leaders(0:33:55) - Political reform(0:40:30) - Why didn’t previous wealth booms lead to new philanthropic movements?(0:53:35) - Creating a 10,000 year endowment(0:57:27) - Why do institutions become left wing?(1:02:27) - Impact of billionaire intellectual funding(1:04:12) - Value of intellectuals(1:08:53) - Climate, AI, & Doomerism(1:18:04) - Religious philanthropy Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkeshpatel.com/subscribe

Nadia Asparouhova, a thought leader in the Summer of Protocols Research Program, discusses dangerous protocols, including social control systems and the fog of war problem. They also explore the three archetypes of protocol goodness.

Nadia Asparouhova and Bayeslord discuss the meaning and philosophy of effective accelerationism (e/acc), the polarization and nuance in the tech industry, the evolution of the optimistic vision of technology, the association of EA with the Democratic Party, the definition of E/acc and its comparison to philosophy, and moving towards offline action and community collaboration.