*Build systems that pay it forward, not lock it down* View quoted note β†’
*the legacy internet is not built for authenticity. It is built for extraction. Hidden algorithms push narratives, outrage, fear, and distraction. People think they are choosing, but they are being steered. Sometimes for profit. Sometimes for power* View quoted note β†’
*The missing piece is a more developed discovery ecosystem. A Nostr client acting as a crawler, an indexer, and a curator could build the needed visibility layer. Some early versions exist, but nothing has yet become the widely used tool for this* View quoted note β†’
*what we call "gains" are often just an optical illusion of currency debasement. High asset prices are merely the receipts for fiat printing* View quoted note β†’
*Bitcoin needs pervasive open computing. Hardware-based attestations do not stand against that in principle but in practice it often does. A smart phone has many chips and one of those can be - decoupled from the main functioning of the device - provide attestations but if you want it to attest to the OS being locked down then ... well ... you run a locked down OS or don't have attestations.* View quoted note β†’
*on balance, the organic, regenerative farm that is ...Nostr .... beats the degenerate slums of... β€œX”* View quoted note β†’
*that's why I'm so interested in building better protocol bridges, because eventually people will realize that Nostr is the "final destination."* View quoted note β†’
"The entire AI stack has usage-based COGS, from APIs down to the GPU infrastructure layer, which means that AI businesses often turn to usage-based pricing to keep their margins consistent," https://www.perplexity.ai/page/stripe-buys-metronome-for-1b-t-8MNNE6ZxRB6RZUXBOGoI6g
*the β€œmerit” being tested is one’s ability to follow. It’s a test of one’s ability to pick up on what the current culture values and emulate that effectively. It’s a test of your trendiness and ability to curry favor with others* View quoted note β†’
*Art needs a medium that matches its intent and integrity... when the medium is aligned with the message, the message will inevitably thrive* View quoted note β†’