motivatedthink

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   by motivatedthink 4y ago

   History is not linear and all previous human civilizations are now relegated to the dustbin of history. It turns out that treating people like replaceable cogs in a global economic resource extraction machine is not a good way to organize s
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   by motivatedthink 4y ago

   Very funny but also true.
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   by motivatedthink 4y ago

   It would be better to analyze what is broken about the current platforms before thinking about the ideal one. Current platforms are broken because they're centralized and motivated by profit. This means the mechanics of the platforms a
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   by motivatedthink 4y ago

   As long as people think cryptography is about money it will never lead to anything useful.
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   by motivatedthink 4y ago

   I'm not sure if someone has discussed the firewall scenario before but I'm pretty sure I lifted it from somewhere, just can't remember where exactly. So someone out there has considered it seriously and if I was gonna bet on
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   by motivatedthink 4y ago

   This is highly unlikely. The universe is a big place with an unfathomable number of habitable planets and full of materials necessary for life. The real sci-fi scenario is that our sector of the universe has been firewalled by more advanced
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   by motivatedthink 4y ago

   Motivated thinking is a hell of a drug. The folks that thought bitcoin was going to usher in an ideal libertarian age of commerce did not understand the technology but simply wanted to use it as a wedge against the existing "elite&quot