Previous discussion: (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4333578" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4333578</a>)<p>Yanis Varoufakis, who wrote the post during his tenure as "Chief Economist" at Valve, went on to serve as the finance minister of Greece during its financial crisis and negotiations with the EU.<p>Relevant today in light of the many attempts being made at creating tech coops (<a href="https://github.com/hng/tech-coops" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/hng/tech-coops</a>), and decentralizing organizations with blockchain systems.