Abstract: It Doesn't Matter Whether We Recognize It Or Not

Abstract: Whether we are aware of it or not, the Internet is full of new and innovative institutional forms that are revolutionizing social interaction both offline and online. Software engineers have faced difficulties in navigating issues of governance on these digital platforms and other institutions. A lot of them have had no exposure to relevant history or theories of design for institutions. This framework is intended to encourage dialogue between computer scientists, political scientists. Incentive-focused behavioral engineering paradigm and a variety of atheoretical methods such as A/B testing and incremental issue-driven programming have been the predominant guidelines for the design of digital institutions. One of the institutional analysis frameworks that has proven useful in the design of traditional institutions is the body of research on resource governance, also known as the "Ostrom Workshop". One of the major findings of this literature which is yet to be widely incorporated into the design of numerous new institutions is the necessity of incorporating participatory processes in what is referred to as an "constitutional" layer of institutional design. This basically defines rules that permit and allow different stakeholder participation in institution design modifications. We explore to what extent this requirement is met or could be better met in three varied cases of digital institutions: cryptocurrency, cannabis informatics, and amateur Minecraft server governance. Examining such  DJW360.COM  varied cases allows us to demonstrate the importance of constitutional layers in many different kinds of digital institutions.