The Governance Stress Test 001 🌿🏛️

I think it’d be a good fediverse start to talk about polycentric governance.

Today’s Stress Test:
Does your system support multiple, independent decision-making centers?

Elinor Ostrom noted that in a polycentric system, "many centers of decision-making that are formally independent also interact with each other in an orderly fashion."

Instead of a pyramid with a boss at the top making decisions, it's a network of autonomous groups collaborating. The Fediverse is a great example of this.

I’m curious about your offline or organizational experiences, though. When you've seen this attempted in co-ops, local governments, FOSS, or community groups, how does it usually play out?

👇 Vote below or reply with a story.

#GovStressTest #Decentralization #Polycentric #CivicTech #CommunityBuilding #FOSS #OpenSource

Introducing FUTO ID - A New Way To Verify Yourself Online

https://peertube.futo.org/videos/watch/9efff12c-b5d8-4b80-909d-87780ea89a27

Polycentric: a FUTO fellow creation. Apply to become a fellow below!

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/hPVrLgtmercgPdERDV5j5e

Polycentric Governance tends to Outperform Traditional Capitalist Governance. Read how Elinor Ostrom’s rules for governing the commons is combined with polycentricity to create a more effective governance system in a Commons Capital Entity. Go to: https://commonscapitalism.com/polycentric-governance/

#commonscapitalism #capitalism #corporations #polycentric

Introducing Polycentric - A New Kind of Social Media

https://peertube.futo.org/videos/watch/a42d17d9-fcc9-4222-afb5-29f8d84a47db

Putin: A Polycentric World is Replacing the Old Global Order - Valdai 2025 - English Subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lucutgxbBeM
#valdai #valdai2025 #putin #rossi #polycentric #multimodal #multipolar

The REALITY of the FUTO Intern Experience

https://peertube.futo.org/videos/watch/34321a94-3672-4229-949e-864529eccda1

My views alt socials rn:

Mastodon/fediverse: old school internet vibes, numbers matter less

Bluesky/Atprotocol: More modern interesting modularity, services imploding isn't a good look though

Futo's Polycentric: wow... I might as well be on X/Twitter this is somehow worse.

#mastodon #bluesky #polycentric #futo #twittermigration

I want a #polycentric type system in my #programming language.

That is, I want the data structures to project back and forth between multiple type hierarchies.

As a result,
• One type system won't have to serve all purposes.
• Smaller, specific models can reuse terminology (not by include nor dependency).
• DSLs would be easier to write.
• Some services won't have to be broken out into separate code bases.
• All hope for perfection may finally be abandoned.