Intersecting imaginaries: Visions of decentralized autonomous systems

被引：22
作者：
Lustig C. [1 ]
机构：
[1] University of Washington, 428 Sieg Hall, Campus Box 352315, Seattle, 98195, WA
来源：
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction | 2019年 / 3卷 / CSCW期
关键词：
Autonomous systems; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Decentralized autonomous systems; Distributed systems; Imaginaries; Participatory design;
D O I：
10.1145/3359312
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摘要：
Sociotechnical imaginaries are futures that people envision might be possible and desirable. They have a real impact on how systems are designed and what values they have embedded in their design. This article examines imaginaries about autonomous systems, decentralized systems, and decentralized autonomous systems. Through a discussion of the literature on autonomous and decentralized systems and how these imaginaries play out in the blockchain community based on my qualitative research, I demonstrate how decentralized autonomous systems are related to imaginaries about the organization of and the future of work. I identify three framings of imaginaries about autonomous systems: (1) autonomous technology as physical objects, (2) as mathematical rules, and (3) as artificial mangers. I also identify two sometimes conflicting framings of imaginaries about distributed and decentralized technology: these technologies as a new form of production and as freedom from control. These imaginaries intersect in decentralized autonomous systems, and I examine what they can tell us about the design and governance of such technologies. Lastly, I suggest ways of using the concept of imaginaries in participatory design. © 2019 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.
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