About the Author

Connor Spelliscy is a decentralized and plural technologies researcher and advocate, primarily focused on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). He is the Executive Director of the DAO Research Collective, which accelerates the functionality of DAOs by procuring and open sourcing targeted research. He advises non-profit foundations on advocacy, is a mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab, and previously co-founded the largest blockchain industry associations in the United States and Canada.

Sarah Hubbard is currently a Technology & Public Purpose Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Justice, Health, and Democracy Initiative Fellow at the Harvard Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics. She is a product leader and technologist who has led various cross-functional teams at both Apple and Microsoft building products centered around artificial intelligence, machine learning, and intelligent devices. Previously, Sarah worked at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and conducted research with the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab. She has a passion for human-computer interaction, building communities, and guiding the ethical and equitable deployment of technology in society.

Nathan Schneider is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he leads the Media Economies Design Lab. His most recent book is Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that Is Shaping the Next Economy, an introduction to the cooperative movement, and he edited a book of essays by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains.

Samuel Vance-Law is a Senior Researcher at the DAO Research Collective focused on decentralized governance, DAO legal liability and compliance, DAOs and AI, and how these developing organizations can be leveraged for the public good. He is also a musician whose work focuses on queer rights and equality.