Ven Gist is a philosopher of networks, designer of worlds. Researcher at The Open Machine which is a publication for the generation of experimental cultural and conceptual compliments to the decentralized web.

He's an early member of MetaCartel, an org which funded many projects to develop open source technology and experiment with DAOs. Now working on Guild Guild. A locus of coordination for Creating, Stewarding, Enabling, and Studying Guilds.

We talk about the open source movement. The historical context for where we are today. And what's coming up heading into 2025, where Ven is helping to stage Cosmolocal Playground in Amsterdam in the Spring.

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