voc – giulio de cadilhac – deca – game theory of shared purpose

Deca – Game Theory of our Shared Purpose

valley of the commons – 9.14.26 – giulio de cadilhac – deca – game theory of shared purpose

more on giulio and deca ness at bottom of this page

notes/quotes from 93 min video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpg2Zza_u3Q]:

no intro

6 min – giulio: this is my web site and these things are hosted here temporarily.. this week talking about governance.. summaries of each of the presentations but soon will be on valley of commons

7 min – giulio: game theory of our shared purpose.. i think it’s the right lens to understand what we’ve been talking about.. about the various systems of the world.. this is about joining the why and the how.. i’m trying to link presentations from 1st 3 weeks

8 min – giulio: metacrisis (the mean(?)ing crisis: environ, econ, mental, geopolitic polarity, end of shared truth) toward increasing chaos rather than order.. ai a catalyst in all directions.. not that the truth is no longer there.. but that it can’t be shifted from the non truth

to me.. only ‘truth’ ness we need is the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday and then to use that data to connect us .. if we want the dance to dance.. (why we need tech w/o judgment.. ie: tech as it could be; ai as augmenting interconnectedness via nonjudgmental expo labeling)

9 min – giulio: so we have these scary things like the shoggoth – while scrolling not just scrolling computer looking at your brain (old wave: keep user stuck to screen).. the moloch – (more dangerous – now it’s get smarter.. get smarter – date we’re giving is way more personal)..

10 min – giulio: so i really like this quadrant.. level of awareness: naive (think they are optimists), real optimists (tristan: people who often defined as doomers because they speak up thinking it could be solved’.. i think that’s why we’re here), nihilists (world going to distruct), (4th quad blank)

tristan harris

11 min – giulio: i see 2 systems.. 1\ ostrom 8 2\ wider of how to get from where we are now .. incentive alignment et al.. incentive of individual match the group

ostrom 8.. incentive ness.. any form of m\a\p as cancerous distraction

12 min – giulio: classic prisoner’s dilemna

thinking may just leave w/notes below – skim rest

20 min – giulio: we want things to be financially stable.. and these communities live both in the biosphere (if burn it you die) and in the noosphere (global.. where we live in states of mind.. the light part).. need to feel safe in both.. not just the biosphere.. tech should be in the periphery of attention.. you should not be concerned/worried about it

23 min – giulio: we shouldn’t even have passwords.. private keys.. when we’re in the citadel – the 21st cent monastery.. a mycelial commons.. of books.. however. you still need armour.. because need adversaries to go out into dark forest of internet to connect the dots.. this narrative is really gripping for me and others so i want to keep developing it

graeber can’t know law.. graeber unpredictability/surprise law.. graeber violence/quantification law.. et al.. oi.. of math and men et al (see below)

28 min – giulio: what are the principles i aspire to have and i hope others have 1\ heart centered – fully encompass the truth of your body.. a moral compass.. act in a way led by morals 2\ maximally truth seeking – people who aren’t going to make each other feel dumb for not knowing things.. 3\ in the arena – if searching for the arena.. i’d say you are in the arena.. how to be useful in society..

1\ imagine if we to hear itch-in-8b-souls as global detox et al

2\ rather.. need to be embracing uncertainty.. the only thing that’s certain.. carhart-harris entropy law et al

3\ need hari rat park law.. because costello screen\service law et al.. and again.. note warning ness et al

31 min – giulio: showing a game theory game he just created – join the trust tournament

36 min – giulio: starts game – find group/pairs that showed up on screen

imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)

to me.. trust is all or nothing.. and this is why we need tech w/o judgment to facil us as we detox from pearson unconditional law et al

38 min – giulio: tries again – w 10 players – 1\ find group.. 2\ talk to your group.. (didn’t work.. need to fix it).. we’ll play later today or tomorrow

40 min – q&a

45 min – giulio: (how to become the persons of protopia.. what’s the way there for us).. *i don’t know if i’m the right person to ask.. i’m approaching things w way of embodiment.. trying to understand **what i want to do right now.. easily misunderstood for giving in to instant desires.. i’m talking about something that is truly self centered.. if do that.. constantly trying to adjust your aim.. hard to make strategic planning with that approach..t so how? ***just by being honest about what we want to do.. because if you’re unaligned it will show up .. you’ll be stressed..t it’s trying to grow this explosion of flavor that comes out when all diff types meet.. et al

*if try to tell someone.. just another form of people telling other people what to do

**the is the no prep/no train ness of the it is me ness.. graeber unpredictability/surprise law.. graeber can’t know law.. et al

***why we need bachelard oikos law as econ every soul craves and so then .. why we need tech w/o judgment to facil that seeming chaos

huge.. would love to talk about that..

e: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)

the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]

there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance

ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition

otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness..  perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..

48 min – giulio: we both the *pure curiosity .. but also need people who are looking at what might protopia be and **how do we get from here to there..

*how we gather in a space is huge.. need to try spaces of permission where people have nothing to prove to facil curiosity/itch over decision making.. because the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..

**how to get from here to there?.. baan leave law et al

49 min – guy: meg wheatley’s who do we choose to be.. ability to sit in the fire.. in the arena.. to me that’s a big shift

54 min – giulio: i agree that it’s not easy.. i also feel that the people who will resonate w this message they will also feel the need for it..

takes a lot of work ness becomes irrelevant if we get to the root of problem

we need a problem deep enough to resonate w/8b today.. via a mechanism simple enough to be accessible/usable to 8b today.. in an ecosystem open enough to set/keep 8b legit free

1:03 – giulio: *the easier one – ie: ostrom principles.. it’s the wider thing that’s hard.. **getting people to realize they can do the thing they want to do..

*easier perhaps but perhaps a cancerous distraction keeping us from **the actual easier thing – the thing(s) you can’t not do

we need to try life over survival ness and to me.. that’s why we need global detox.. and so why we need tech w/o judgment

note: on survival ness: survival is a means to survive things as they are.. so to me.. not a legit alt.. it’s triage.. perpetuating survival triage.. so a temp band aide per se.. that will /can help now.. but only for short term.. because it still doesn’t get to the root of the problem.. so it won’t offer/lead-to legit change/life/freedom.. et al.. so.. to me.. it’s still a cancerous distraction to the dance

huge section on having or not having kids

1:24 – guilio: not about forcing people to have kids.. it’s bout people who want to and currently aren’t because of circumstance.. that was the only point

1:25 – felix (?): on needing strategies to get from here to there.. strategist by far has to be most aware of the contexts

but to me.. that’s all whalespeak

1:26 – guilio: this is the whole game.. on needing a means of substinance ness.. t

why we need a sabbatical ish transition

there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance

ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition

otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness..  perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..

1:27 – guilio – going in the direction of the desired equilibrium is game 1 and that’s the hardest one

1:30 – guilio – on his community in rome needing to vote for new members to be let in.. i don’t know if that’s the optimal approach.. but..

1:31 – guilio – rural communities.. already engrained in things.. the co living.. who is it for.. those people.. do they need an accommodation and the answer is no.. so .. many diff flavors

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more on giulio via google:

@deca12x [https://x.com/deca12x]: @deca12x engages with Ethereum builder communities and regenerative movements through initiatives like @Agartha_One, @CherryBuilders, @urbeEth, and @ETHRome. They support events such as ETHRome hackathons and the Valley of the Commons, highlighting peer-to-peer collaboration, commons development, and in-person connections.

ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)

The X account @deca12x belongs to Deca (Giulio de Cadilhac), an active ecosystem builder and coordinator operating at the intersection of web3 tech, network societies, solar punk culture, and decentralized urban planning.

Key Ecosystem Work & Interests

  • Network Societies & Future Cities: He is heavily involved in projects exploring how blockchain technology, governance infrastructure, and decentralized coordination can reshape physical communities and cities. He was featured by the Devcon 8 Hub team as a pioneer in this space.
  • The Valley of the Commons: Deca is actively engaged in the Valley of the Commons, a Month in the Alps gathering focused on the commons-oriented regenerative movement and building a “21st-century monastery”.
  • Solarpunk & Residency Groups: He contributes to the vision of Agartha (Agartha.One), a residency and creativity incubator focused on ethical tech, planetary regeneration, and community
  • Web3 Hackathons & Events: He frequently supports decentralized development events, such as providing technical support for hackathons (like ChainLab on DoraHacks) and promoting Ethereum-centric community events like ETHRome

via his LinkedIn Profile:

Profile Overview – Founder @ Learn AI London United Kingdom

  • Professional Background: He is a founder, software engineer, and experience designer based out of the United Kingdom.
  • Education: He studied at UCL (University College London).
  • Current Ventures: He is the founder of Learn AI London and actively handles ecosystem development for Agartha

more on deca ness via google:

note on my comments: warning ness et al – assuming deca also has something to do with deca

In game theory and institutional design, a “Shared Purpose” model—often operationalized through frameworks like DECA (Decentralized Equilibrium for Collaborative Action) or Social Purpose Games—analyzes how independent, self-interested actors can align incentives to achieve a unified, collective goal.

to me.. these are cancerous distractions to the dance

Unlike traditional non-cooperative setups like the Prisoner’s Dilemma, where individual rationality destroys group value, a shared purpose framework uses strategic structures to make cooperation the most profitable choice

to me.. these are same song.. (legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do)

Core Mechanics of Shared Purpose Games

When game theory is applied to a shared purpose, it transforms how players evaluate payoffs. It shifts actors away from zero-sum competition through four foundational pillars:

nothing transformative is still eval ing and pay off ing..

  • Assortative Matching: Cooperative players actively seek out and filter for other cooperators, isolating bad actors.

matching ness we need has nothing to do with filtering/isolating ‘bad’ actors.. has to be all of us for the dance to dance

ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)

the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]

mufleh humanity law: we have seen advances in every aspect of our lives except our humanity– Luma Mufleh

thurman interconnectedness law: when you understand interconnectedness it makes you more afraid of hating than of dying – Robert Thurman (@BobThurman)

pearson unconditional law: what is it about loving each other unconditionally that scares us so much – come sunday (pearson)

  • Payoff Interdependence: An individual’s reward directly scales with the success of the group.
  • Dynamic Feedback: Multi-round interactions penalize short-term defection through long-term reputation loss.
  • Information Pooling: Players share data to build an accurate, collective model of reality, reducing systemic risk.

cancerous distractions to the dance

graeber can’t know law.. graeber unpredictability/surprise law.. graeber violence/quantification law.. et al.. oi.. of math and men

The DECA Framework Breakdown

The DECA approach structurally stabilizes cooperation by moving systems toward a highly resilient Nash Equilibrium. It breaks down into four sequential components:

1. Decentralization (D)

  • Distribution of decision-making power across multiple independent agents.

how we gather in a space is huge.. need to try spaces of permission where people have nothing to prove to facil curiosity over decision making.. because the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..

  • Elimination of a single point of failure or an authoritarian central planner.

still authoritarian if any form of m\a\p

  • Mitigates principal-agent risks where leaders exploit subordinates for personal gain.

still exploitation if any form of m\a\p

2. Equilibrium (E)

  • Designing a state where no player has an incentive to unilaterally change their strategy.

rather.. the dance begs we ongoingly ‘change our mind‘.. rather.. the it is me ness et al.. via listening rather than any incentive/strategy ness.. listening to the itch-in-the-soul

  • Aligning individual self-interest with the group’s objective.

to me.. if we think we’re aligning.. if we even just name it aligning.. we are blinding/disturbing the dance..

jain naming the colour law et al

  • Ensuring compliance is mathematically more profitable than cheating or defecting

oi oi oi.. even using the word compliance and not seeing the irony.. cheating/defecting ness is the khan filling the gaps law part of myth of tragedy and lord.. irrelevant s if we were all legit free

ie; hari rat park law et al

3. Collaboration (C)

  • The active mechanisms used for resource, risk, and asset sharing.

mech we need most/1st: nonjudgmental expo labeling.. to undo hierarchical listening – so we can hear what’s already on each heart as global detox in order to org around legit needs

  • Structuring joint investments to generate economies of scale.

econ of scale we need most/1st: bachelard oikos law.. because if we want legit scale (aka: global virility) need something every soul craves

we need a problem deep enough to resonate w/8b today.. via a mechanism simple enough to be accessible/usable to 8b today.. in an ecosystem open enough to set/keep 8b legit free

ie: org around a problem deep enough (aka: org around legit needs) to resonate w/8b today.. via a mechanism simple enough (aka: tech as it could be) to be accessible/usable to 8b today.. and an ecosystem open enough (aka: sans any form of m\a\p) to set/keep 8b legit free

  • Generating a “super-additive” effect where the group’s total output exceeds the sum of individual inputs.

again.. if summing ness.. already killing the dance

4. Action (A)

  • The operational execution of the game’s strategies.
  • Implementing clear, automated smart contracts or rules to minimize coordination friction.
  • Shifting focus from passive planning to active, measurable goal achievement

these cancerous distractions to the dance are are only creating/perpetuating the friction ness .. again myth of tragedy and lord ness et al

Comparing Game Paradigms

FeatureCompetitive Games (Zero-Sum)Social/Shared Purpose Games
Primary GoalMaximize relative personal payoffMaximize collective system value
InformationHoarded or weaponized strategicallyShared transparently to find efficiencies
Core DynamicExploitative (Win-Lose)Synergy-driven (Win-Win)
Stable StateDefection/Suboptimal Nash EquilibriumStable Pareto-Optimal Coalitions

cancerous distractions that make both columns perpetuate same song

Real-World Applications

  • Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs): Tokenomics align disparate global actors to build software, govern treasuries, or curate data toward a shared mission.
  • Environmental Coalitions: Managing transboundary resources (like shared water systems or space debris removal) by penalizing polluters and financially rewarding cooperative clean-up efforts.
  • Supply Chain Cooperatives: Asymmetric businesses share logistics data to optimize shipping routes, reducing costs for all participants.

cancerous distractions based on non legit data – ever since that day

findings from on the ground ness deep dive on why we need tech w/o judgment

ie: the dance won’t dance unless/until it’s 1\ all of us 2\ legit free

nothing to date (ever since that day) has gotten to that root of problem

dao ness.. una on dao ness.. et al

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