I can see that for e.g. DeFi but DAOs are essentially social. People are starting tons of these things for all sorts of purposes, from serious to mostly silly.

I can see that for e.g. DeFi but DAOs are essentially social. People are starting tons of these things for all sorts of purposes, from serious to mostly silly. Some kind of social infrastructure will inevitably emerge but given that it's being treated as an afterthought, it will probably be pretty dysfunctional and/or recapitulate lots of known lessons from other social/political realms.