On Culture and Governance, or: Comparing Open AI and eCash

Recently there's been a lot of speculation about what happened behind the scenes at Open AI, the company behind ChatGPT. Here's what we know. This past Friday, the 4 person board of directors fired the CEO, Sam Altman, and was immediately met with enormous backlash from both company insiders and outsiders alike. While no details have emerged as to exactly what led to the firing, chances are that the members of the board didn't share Altman's vision as to what was best for Open AI...