Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin identified limits to human attention as the core problem plaguing decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and democratic governance systems.
Summary
- Buterin says limited human attention is DAOs’ core governance flaw.
- Personal AI agents could vote using user preferences and context.
- Suggestion markets and MPC may improve privacy and decisions.
Writing on X, Buterin argued that participants face thousands of decisions across multiple domains of expertise without sufficient time or skill to evaluate them properly.
The usual solution of delegation creates disempowerment where a small group controls decision-making while…
