by Decentralization Research Center
Welcome to the Techquitable podcast, your audio guide through the complex landscape of emerging technologies and equitable ownership. Hosted by Connor Spelliscy and Tony Douglas Jr. of the Decentralization Research Center, this podcast will host a diverse array of voices — from researchers and policy makers to forward-thinking entrepreneurs and industry leaders — to keep you informed on the latest findings and research surrounding decentralization, governance and emerging technologies.
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October 21, 2025
<p>Nathan Schneider (@ntnsndr), professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and director of the Media Economies Design Lab, joined the Decentralization Research Center's podcast to discuss his new paper, “Online Governance Surfaces and Attention Economies,” how attention functions as labor, and what it means to design governance systems that respect people’s time and focus.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>02:31 Why attention and governance are inseparable</p><p>04:47 The hidden costs of democracy: governance as labor</p><p>09:44 Attention scarcity vs. collective abundance</p><p>12:59 “To look is to labor”: attention as work</p><p>18:45 Designing ethically for people’s attention</p><p>22:18 Case study 1: DAOstack and prediction markets for governance</p><p>27:20 Case study 2: Stewards and delegated attention</p><p>31:25 Case study 3: The limits of automation</p><p>37:31 Five heuristics for designing attention-aware governance</p><p>46:34 How to evolve attention economies as organizations scale</p><p>56:27 Upcoming projects from Nathan’s lab and Metagov<br /></p>
September 6, 2025
<p>Gabriel Shapiro, a crypto lawyer and founder of MetaLeX, joins the Decentralization Research Center’s Connor Spelliscy to discuss market structure legislation, limiting principles for Howey, ancillary assets, and the risks of incentivizing useless tokens.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>02:37 - Are there limiting principles for Howey?</p><p>06:11 - Prior Senate draft vs. CLARITY Act: ancillary assets explained</p><p>09:29 - Why CLARITY’s framework is more durable</p><p>13:53 - Incentivizing rights-less tokens: “race-to-the-bottom stuff”</p><p>16:01 - The danger of bad incentives</p><p>19:36 - VC token sales: 60% in initial Senate draft vs. 5–20% in House bill</p><p>22:28 - Decentralized governance: protections in CLARITY vs. Senate</p><p>26:37 - What “amazing” SEC exemptions could look like</p><p>28:54 - SEC vs. CFTC: who should regulate token markets</p><p>30:32 - The importance of a hard-coded decentralization test</p><p>& much more.</p><p><strong>For more: </strong>Subscribe to the <a href="https://drc.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">DRC's monthly report</a>. </p>
July 1, 2025
Tony Douglas interviews Jane Khodarkovsky, partner at Arktouros, and Nikhil Raghuveera, CEO of Predicate, about building financial infrastructure responsibly, covering regulation, developer liability, and AI's impact.
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Welcome to the Techquitable podcast, your audio guide through the complex landscape of emerging technologies and equitable ownership.
Hosted by Connor Spelliscy and Tony Douglas Jr. of the Decentralization Research Center, this podcast will host a diverse array of voices — from researchers and policy makers to forward-thinking entrepreneurs and industry leaders — to keep you informed on the latest findings and research surrounding decentralization, governance and emerging technologies.
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