Criticism of Nostr stems from a distorted view of social media. The social element in these apps has long been erased and replaced by the algorithmic spirit. There is no you, every interaction is steered. If you're criticising Nostr because it's not big enough you need to ask yourself what does being social in the digital age actually mean.

“You place God’s creation at the center. The garden. The sky. The light. You orbit around what gives life - not what consumes it.” - Abdul Wahid El Wakil El Wakil's architecture aimed to redefine modernity within an Islamic worldview، not trying to simply build "Islamic looking" structures. Through his work, he developed a style of architecture that aimed to cultivate communities rather than isolate individuals.

Yuk Hui critiques the homogenising technological systems of modernity, arguing for a cosmotechnics that recognises diverse technological approaches and ways of relating to the world. That cannot be done without recognising the roles that culture and ethics have on building an independant course of technological development. China was able to develop at an accelerated pace, this however, wasn't because it was able to chart its own distinct technological way of looking at the world. Rather, it represents an accelerated version to the Western project. Which is why we see both China and the US being tied economically rather than being two indepedant competing trains of development, they both need each other to move forward. This is why philosophers like Yuk Hui are important and influencial to the nodes of the early Cyber Islamic network like SAIF, anything we do to develop needs to be grounded in Ihsan and Ibadah.

Loving this new device from Mecha, a handheld Linux computer fully powered by Open Source software. Definately got me feeling nostalgic with how easy it is to take it apart

Sam Altman's road to fame is a reflection on GAE's hyperfinancialisation of tech, and its precisely for this reason that the barrier to entry for other powers such as China expontentially decreases as America's development output stagnates in the coming decades