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I have been thinking about what information in the intent age will look like when there is no meaningful amount of censorship (perhaps a future Internet built on nostr or something like it). I think we will reenter a period where it will be critical to think critically about what information you decide to ingest. Parents are going to have to get a lot better at teaching their kids to think and communicate with people wiser than they are. Excellent piece @Gigi 💜
Humans are so smart, yet so stupid. If code is speech— and code is speech. What is our responsibility in this affair? So much respect to the protocol builders! “We are at a pivotal time in history. Never before was our civilization this connected, this global, and this unaware of its limitations and ignorance.” The last big platform other than fiat I am very aware of participating/allowing to be taken advantage of— is LinkedIn. I really want to self de-platform but the notional Rolodex hook has me still hanging on. For now I remain part of the problem. Gigi’s prose is next level. Easy reading font to boot. 👌
PROTOCOLS > PLATFORMS "WHEN USING A PROTOCOL, YOU’RE NOT A USER IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. YOU ARE A SPEAKER. YOU SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AS OTHER PEOPLE, AND IF SOMEONE ELSE CAN HEAR AND UNDERSTAND YOU, THERE IS A CONNECTION. THERE IS NO FACILITATOR IN BETWEEN. THE LANGUAGE ITSELF IS THE FACILITATOR. LANGUAGES ARE PROTOCOLS AND PROTOCOLS ARE LANGUAGES. THEY DON’T HAVE USERS; THEY HAVE SPEAKERS." @Gigi FREEDOM TECH WINS 🧡 ⚡️ 💜 = ✌️ image View quoted note →
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immanuel Kant Therefor, it makes no sense to speak to people living in their bubble their entire life. Why they are are in the bubble? Because the system want them to know as less as possible - one of the best examples is the financial system.
platform vs public space For my own understanding, I put this in a physical realm thought experiment: A public space is a square or agora, if u will. A platform, let’s call it a stage, is build on such a public space. People can speak or perform on the square or on the stage. One is permissionless the other is not. It doesn’t tell you anything about the quality of the speaker or performer, if they are on that stage, but it sure directs the attention. Public spaces give anyone the option to speak or perform. That does not exempt them from consequences of that action of course. The best part is: I decide to stay and listen or go somewhere else. All can be said, that doesn’t mean you have to listen. Kind of like #nostr View quoted note →
The great Bitcoin and nostr synergy; Protocols, not platforms. A protocol is just a language, no need for a middlemen. A platform facilitates the communication, thus they can censor and corrupt as they please. It's time we learn how to talk again. Talk the language of remote communciation and the language of value transfer. The middleman that current assist us "talking" have failed us, and will continue to do so. View quoted note →