I spoke to Primavera De Filipi (@yaoeo), one of the earliest scholars on law and crypto, Internet activist, and artist. She is permanent researcher at the CNRS and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She is author of the book Blockchain and the Law published by Harvard University Press.
During the interview we spoke about some of the biggest questions facing crypto in regards to the law, her work on Extitutional Theory, and whether code is law. To understand the difference between using an institutional versus an extitutional framework, you can compare them like this:
Institutions = roles and rules, membership, well-defined boundaries, procedures and outcomes, competition
Extitutions = identities and relationships, participation, rhizomatic networks, rituals and processes, cooperation
More sources on Extitutional Theory
– Academic primer on Extitutional Theory
– Shorter blog post on Introduction to Extitutional Theory
– Longer blog post on Extitutional Theory
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