Hey Allo Crew!
I’ve been working on a draft essay titled “Beyond Narrow Optimization: Reimagining Capital in the Networked Age”, which offers a first attempt at articulating a political economic theory behind the design vision for Allo.Capital.
The piece draws from Marx, cybernetics, Ostrom, feminist and ecological economics, and contemporary cryptoeconomic design. It proposes that by expanding what we measure, value, and incentivize, we can evolve our coordination infrastructure to support outcomes like social cohesion, planetary regeneration, and community agency—not just financial return.
In that spirit, I’m putting this forward as a Request for Comment. Some questions I’d love your thoughts on:
- How does this frame resonate (or clash) with your sense of what Allo.Capital is or could be?
- What aspects of this pluralistic valuation model could you see being initially prototyped or further built out via AlloOS?
- Where do you see friction, contradictions, or implementation gaps in this theory?
- What stories, metaphors, or symbols could we use to make this vision more resonant and legible?
My hope is that this can become a piece of lore—part of a bigger story that situates our protocol work in a broader transformation of economic logic.
Looking forward to your feedback and perspectives.
With gratitude,
Benjamin
TL;DR / Abstract
This essay reframes capital allocation in the context of a networked civilization. It critiques the foundational assumptions of neoclassical economics—reductionism, market fundamentalism, methodological individualism—and outlines a pluralistic economic alternative grounded in cybernetics, commons governance, feminist economics, and regenerative finance.
Using tools like tokenization, Hypercerts, zero-knowledge proofs, and quadratic funding, the essay argues for “real value” frameworks that prioritize human flourishing, ecological regeneration, and collective intelligence over narrow financial returns.
Rather than replacing existing institutions wholesale, the essay proposes an evolutionary synthesis: building interoperable systems of capital allocation that maintain the coordination benefits of markets while honoring diverse forms of value creation. This vision positions Allo.Capital not merely as a protocol, but as a vehicle for post-capitalist economic infrastructure.