Aragon Founder Luis Cuende joined us to discuss their work on building tools for decentralized governance. We covered the origins of his deep drive, why this is a crucial fight for humanity and the tools that Aragon has built.
Topics covered in this episode:
How Luis became an advisor to the European Commissionas as a 16-year old
Why freedom and technology became Luis’ prime obsession
The origin story and vision of Aragon
The risk surveillance and authoritarianism pose to humanity
Why decentralized governance is the key to freedom
How to think about inequality and blockchain governance
Why on-chain governance makes more sense on application than protocol level
AragonOS and its different applications
The Aragon Network Token and potential role in a decentralized court system
The road to decentralizing Aragon organizationally
Episode links:
Aragon Network
The Aragon Manifesto
Decentralized organizations can solve the world’s worst problems
Aragon - The fight for freedom Video
Decentralizing Aragon’s development – Aragon
Decentralizing Aragon’s development II: Minimum Viable Foundation
Decentralizing Aragon's development III: Onboarding new teams
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/236