Ryan Grim
@ryangrim
Folks here are helping me narrow down what I don’t like about crypto. I see the argument that it is a way to freely move currency even in the face of authoritarian governments. I guess on the one hand, I just don’t believe that governments can’t find a way to crack down on it. All the crying from crypto folks about the tyrannical SEC suggests governments still do matter. But more importantly, I think it’s a much better use of time and energy to organize and fight to stop those authoritarian governments from existing in the first place. I see so many brilliant people spending so much time on this thing that is literally separate from reality (it’s right there in the name crypto) when that energy could be put to more fruitful use. Anyway, no final conclusions, just some evolving thoughts.
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nicholas 🧨
@nicholas
excited for you to learn even more about blockchains. some cypherpunk minded people see system design that addresses incentives as a promising path to changing the world, where rhetorical and political activism has nothing to say to “the day after the revolution” as zizek might say. switching out this leadership for that leadership within bioinfotechnoeconomic systems that tend toward agglomeration of power and its subsequent abuse does not deliver the kind of paradigmatic change needed for the world to transcend petty conflict. the better part of crypto is powered by the belief that we can invent new mechanisms that create fruitful mutually beneficial relations. mechanisms designed to not only withstand the erosive power of selfishness, but flourish under its rays of light. please watch this video which taught me bitcoin. the speaker is a very reputable source on bitcoin, the social technology, which opened the door for much subsequent invention. https://youtu.be/yorRGbp54tM?si=m5PzKefimo16qp98
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