Economy 2.0: Roundtable Episode
On the next episode of Economy 2.0 we’ll be doing something a little different. We will be bringing back some past guests (and a new one) to have a group discussion focused on a specific topic. Roundtable episodes will become a regular feature of Economy 2.0 going forward.
In this first roundtable, the topic we’ll explore is whether recently developed digital technologies have made it possible — for the first time in human history — for trust-based dynamics, which govern complex economic dynamics within families and small communities, to be extended to larger groups in which members do not know each other personally.
For centuries, it has been understood that once an economic community exceeds a size at which the members are all known to each other personally, trust, based on personal relationships, can no longer be the “glue” that holds the group together. Therefore other institutions like money, laws, contracts and courts take the place of trust. But could it be the case that new technologies like blockchain and web3 have now made it possible for trust-based dynamics to operate among larger groups — perhaps even globally?
SGF Director Josh Sidman will moderate a discussion on this subject including past Economy 2.0 guests Will Ruddick, Teun van Sambeek and George Lovegrove, as well as a new face, Michael Meehan.
Sign up here to join the conversation live via Zoom:
https://www.hgsss.org/economy-2-0-round-table-1/
Update: Watch the video here.