43: Network State in a Van // KiftDAO

Kift DAO is a non-profit that aims to purchase real estate for the use and enjoyment of the Kift community. It is controlled by NFT holders, who select and vote on proposals, including which real estate properties to buy. Their mission is to create inclusive, community-owned gathering spaces for people who choose to live communally and work from anywhere. They are always looking for active community members to contribute to the development and management of the DAO.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

• 3:14 Colin explains what van life is all about.
• 5:35 The Decentralized Cities is a book that Colin is writing.
• 6:12 In his own perspective, Colin provides his own interpretation of a decentralized city.
• 10:40 Colin talks more about the culture and life within their van life community.
• 12:29 Last spring, they moved into the DAO space and they focused on purchasing and managing real estate for their KiftDAO community.
• 13:05 For $425 per month, you can already have all the basic needs and necessities within their community.
• 15:17 Colin discusses about some of the current investors in the DAO space today.
• 18:39 More discussion about the DAO aspect of Kift.
• 20:33 One active proposal in KiftDAO is to check out a beautiful piece of land in Colorado.
• 21:40 In the next 30 days, their priority is to partner with a company producing futuristic glamping tents so that more people can experience the Kift life.
• 24:52 According to Colin, there will be a commercial real estate crisis that will come soon.
• 27:01 With more people leaving the city in the next two years, Colin sees it as an opportunity for many people to live a much more humane life that is closer to nature and to each other.
• 29:51 The deconstruction of a city will start happening in a year. It will certainly happen within 5 years.
• 31:28 A year from now, Kift will have about 300 to 500 vans in their community.
• 33:21 Colin shares some of the things that are in his book.
• 35:53 People can check out Colin and KiftDAO on Twitter, Instagram, and IRL since they have an open weekend or open house event where they invite people to go to their place and spend the weekend.

Key Points from this Interview:

1. “The city is not the concrete and steel exoskeleton that you see, it’s not the office building or the bridge, the subway, it’s the people, the culture, it’s the community, it’s the employment opportunities, that’s the city. So, the city has moved online into a city of fiber optics rather than steel and concrete. Now we can access that city from anywhere.”
2. “There is this problem that’s looming out there, there is this trend that we’re seeing towards decentralization all across the world. And I think decentralized technology is a product of a move towards decentralization. And then we’re seeing all the tools that are available to collectivize the DAOs that various web3 tech and tools that are available to make change happen really quickly.”

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