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" The Cryptoanarchists’ Answer to Cash " is a bit loaded. Are we going to call the Euro "the complete and utter morons answer to cash"? What about the Greek Dr
by excuse-me 14y ago
" The Cryptoanarchists’ Answer to Cash " is a bit loaded.
Are we going to call the Euro "the complete and utter morons answer to cash"? What about the Greek Drachma2 ?
There is more to a non-government currency than - OMG drugs and terrrrrrorists on the internet what about the children.
- pessimizer 14y agoAnarchist isn't a slur, it's a family of political philosophies. People call themselves anarchists, but "complete and utter morons," not so much.
- jlgreco 14y agoExactly. Cryptoanarchist is something many people self-identify themselves as.
- scarmig 14y agoCryptoanarchist is a term much more likely to be used as a self-description than a political slur. I'd actually be surprised if anyone can find an instance of it being used as a slur. Even the simple "anarchist" has lost popularity in the name-calling game, after the Seattle and the Iraq War protests.
- tjic 14y ago> Cryptoanarchist is a term much more likely to be used as a self-description than a political slur. Indeed. I not only call myself that, I'm in the process of writing an entire science fiction novel from that political perspective. http://morlockpublishing.com/ http://morlockpublishing.com/
- excuse-me 14y agoI think coming from an organisation like the IEEE it wasn't meant as a hip and trendy self-referential term
- joshuarrrr 14y agoI think the term's a bit too old to be considered hip and trendy. Did you have any specific criticisms about the way cypherpunks were represented in the article itself, or is this just a superficial complaint about the headline? As an editor at IEEE Spectrum I would say that it wasn't intended as a pejorative.
- tjic 14y ago> Are we going to call the Euro "the complete and utter morons answer to cash"? Actually...