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We need to stop trying to shoehorn the state into places where it doesn't fit or belong.
by jMyles 6y ago
We need to stop trying to shoehorn the state into places where it doesn't fit or belong.
- istjohn 6y agoI can't think of anythink more suitable for state intervention than solving the coordination problem to ensure the continued habitability of planet Earth.
- jMyles 6y agoOh heck yeah. Climate justice is the issue of our age. I'm not saying not to take it seriously (few are anymore, right?). However, choosing a PoW algorithm is unrelated to this task (and also risks giving cosmetic satisfaction while solving nothing). Continued habitability of planet Earth is made dramatically more likely by supplanting monetary systems which: * encourage people to treat money like a hot potato, better swapped for cheap plastic crap * Make wars (the absolutely King Kong of carbon emission among human activities) much less expensive at the margins by slushily funding industrial complexes.
- david_draco 6y agoRegulation worked for the ozone hole and river pollution. Nothing else did.
- jMyles 6y agoSo let's crack the fuck down on externalities of power generation and consumption. Ban fossil fuels on an aggressive timeframe. Make car-free cities everywhere. Stop all wars right now today. But those things are orthogonal (and not even adjacent) to selecting an algorithm for PoW consensus. I also want to caution against circlejerking over clean water and ozone restoration. Things on a global scale are still pretty dire; the solution is ahead of us, not behind, and it's not clear what it will be.