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# Coordination
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- Human coordination in groups to achieve aims is the secret sauce of human civilization. If it could be engineered, a lot of problems would have been solved.
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- Coordination problems are a [constraint to production of all kinds of economic value](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/P6fSj3t4oApQQTB7E/coordination-as-a-scarce-resource).
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- All problems are coordination problems. Moloch is at the end of all!
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- [Coordination](https://vitalik.ca/general/2020/09/11/coordination.html), the ability for large [[Teamwork |groups of actors to work together]] for their common interest, is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It can be improved in many ways:
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- Faster spread of information.
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- Better norms that identify what behaviors are classified as cheating along with more effective punishments.
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- Stronger and more powerful [[organizations]].
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- Tools like smart contracts that allow interactions with reduced levels of trust.
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- [[Governance]] technologies (voting, shares, decision markets...)
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- Human coordination in groups ([[Teamwork]], [[Cooperatives]], [[Decentralized Autonomous Organizations]]) to achieve aims is the secret sauce of human civilization. If it could be engineered, a lot of problems would have been solved.
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- Coordination problems are a [constraint to production of all kinds of economic value](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/P6fSj3t4oApQQTB7E/coordination-as-a-scarce-resource).
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- All problems are coordination problems. Moloch is at the end of all!
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- [Coordination](https://vitalik.ca/general/2020/09/11/coordination.html), the ability for large [[Teamwork|groups of actors to work together]] for their common interest, is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It can be improved in many ways:
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- Faster spread of information.
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- Better norms that identify what behaviors are classified as cheating along with more effective punishments.
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- Stronger and more powerful [[organizations]].
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- Tools like smart contracts that allow interactions with reduced levels of trust.
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- [[Governance]] technologies (voting, shares, decision markets...)
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- [Keep the work parallel, the groups small, and the resources local.](https://codahale.com/work-is-work/) If possible, factor work products into independent modules; if not, grow slowly and optimize.
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- Trust increases coordination. To increase trust:
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1. Repeat interactions.
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2. Look for possible win-wins
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3. Communicate clearly.
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1. Repeat interactions.
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2. Look for possible win-wins
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3. Communicate clearly.
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- The best process is no process! In an ideal state it all just works and everything flows. [Adding a couple of checks seems simple but that affects everyone in that process](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28710193).
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- No [[processes]] requires trusting other people. More trust means better coordination without processes. [Trust is the currency of interactions](https://youtu.be/-vbPXbm8eTw).
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- When a process becomes the proxy for the result you want, you stop looking at outcomes and just make sure you're doing the process right.
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- Every process will slow you down, and some will make you better.
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- No [[processes]] requires trusting other people. More trust means better coordination without processes. [Trust is the currency of interactions](https://youtu.be/-vbPXbm8eTw).
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- When a process becomes the proxy for the result you want, you stop looking at outcomes and just make sure you're doing the process right.
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- Every process will slow you down, and some will make you better.
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- If we imagine human society as it's own organism. We need processes and other coordination tools to make it remove the hand from the fire when it starts to burn.
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- The hand doesn't know what to do, but relies information to the brain, that makes the appropriate changes.
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- Something similar could be achieved at a society level, where pain triggers processes that make it stop.
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- The hand doesn't know what to do, but relies information to the brain, that makes the appropriate changes.
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- Something similar could be achieved at a society level, where pain triggers processes that make it stop.
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- The requirements to govern a commons without tragedy:
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- Clear boundaries.
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- Managed by locals.
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- In a small community, everybody knows everybody, and can keep track of what they do. This makes small groups iterated games which rewards trust and penalizes sociopathic behavior.
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- Community makes its own rules.
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- Community can monitor behavior.
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- Graduated sanctions for those who violate community rules.
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- Cheap, accessible means of conflict resolution.
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- Self-determination.
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- Clear boundaries.
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- Managed by locals.
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- In a small community, everybody knows everybody, and can keep track of what they do. This makes small groups iterated games which rewards trust and penalizes sociopathic behavior.
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- Community makes its own rules.
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- Community can monitor behavior.
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- Graduated sanctions for those who violate community rules.
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- Cheap, accessible means of conflict resolution.
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- Self-determination.
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[Teamwork]: Teamwork "Teamwork"
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[Cooperatives]: Cooperatives "Cooperatives"
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[Decentralized Autonomous Organizations]: <Decentralized Autonomous Organizations> "Decentralized Autonomous Organizations"
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[Teamwork|groups of actors to work together]: Teamwork "Teamwork"
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[organizations]: Organizations "Organizations"
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[Governance]: Governance "Governance"
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[processes]: Processes "Processes"