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A Ridiculous Proposal (2014)
- jcoffland 12y agoEverything in the article is fairly obvious. The difficulty is not in improving upon the current email system but in getting enough people to agree on a new system. Any new system will need to have mind blowin advantages and/or a seamless upgrade path. You cannot expect everyone to switch overnight. Look at IPv6.
- moonshinefe 12y agoIndeed, at the end of the day, it has to be convenient for the average person, and moving away from classic email and things like IPv4 are insanely tough problems. A huge part of the battle is getting the tech giants behind it. So far, I think Microsoft, Apple, Google, and others have done a pretty good job of pushing encryption as the norm so far. If the major companies continue to push it, I think there's hope.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoI've been advocating this for 5 years! And you don't need to get people to agree; you just have to have an ecosystem. Get it up and running in Facebook or GMail and Bob's you Uncle. IM started from nothing and grew to hundreds of millions. Twitter likewise. It only has to be convenient.