Cypherpunks (Don't Just) Write Code

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Cypherpunks (Don’t Just) Write Code

If they wish to be effective in enacting change in the world, cypherpunks must do more than just write code.

@hal how are you determining the liars from the non-liars ?

The resources to understand technical arguments - are literally at your fingertips these days. Do the harder thing, dig in, and learn.

Current read/rec:

Goodreads

The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's…

The author has written a study that places George Orwel…

My mother was a voracious biography reader and so so was I at one time - so much context in them.

Past age 18, people seem to not like getting older, or not realize they too will be whatever they deem as old. IF and only IF they are lucky. The alternative to aging is death by accident/disease/war/etc. "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love" - Marcus Aurelius tl;dr Check your "still living" privilege...

Good time to go to Red Cross and take or refresh your First Aid/CPR/emergency response classes--you'll never regret having basic prep/response, for any situation: https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class

No browser is perfect but I find that encouraging people to use Brave - for any reason - then gets them exposed to Brave’s “Privacy is Normal” messages. The more times you see it …