many DAOs tend to focus so much on the governance process that it fails to capture the creative energy of its community. 

governance should be a means to creating momentum, rather than an attention sink.

agree. thanks for the clarification.

do you think proposals, as they’re used today, are useful? 

maybe it’s possible to make decisions without it? or in a modified way?

No.

Governance should define functionality - like a circuit board.

Not everything should be a ponzinomical jpeg collective.

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