#236 Luis Cuende: Aragon – Decentralized Governance and the Fight for Freedom

#236 Luis Cuende: Aragon – Decentralized Governance and the Fight for Freedom

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 discussed in this episode:

How Luis became an advisor to the European Commissionas as a 16-year oldWhy freedom and technology became Luis’ prime obsessionThe origin story and vision of AragonThe risk surveillance and authoritarianism pose to humanityWhy decentralized governance is the key to freedomHow to think about inequality and blockchain governanceWhy on-chain governance makes more sense on application than protocol levelAragonOS and its different applicationsThe Aragon Network Token and potential role in a decentralized court systemThe road to decentralizing Aragon organizationally

Links mentioned in this episode:

Aragon NetworkThe Aragon ManifestoDecentralized organizations can solve the world’s worst problemsAragon – The fight for freedom VideoDecentralizing Aragon’s development ‘” AragonDecentralizing Aragon’s development II: Minimum Viable FoundationDecentralizing Aragon’s development III: Onboarding new teams

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