Shawn

gm, good people. ☕

There's a lot of soft socialism in FOSS, and nostr is no exception.

I noticed route96 in the latest nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7ct5d3shxtnwdaehgu3wd3skuep0qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqypu8xwr40lp96ewdj2fef408wy70gd3carf9n6xu7hrnhq6whpgly925h0z update. I was excited about mirroring media across blossom servers, but it's failing completely for me. Are there any working tools to get this done? It seems like a big piece of what's needed to wean off of Big Tech. https://github.com/v0l/route96

The internet has gone through three distinct eras, and each one ends the same way: extraction. 1. Eyeball era → chase users, monetize attention and data 2. Surveillance capitalism era → “free” services, monetize the users themselves 3. Enshittification era → lock everyone in, extract from all sides I interviewed Cory Doctorow on nostr:nprofile1qyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytfsxyh8jcttd95x7mnwv5hxxmmdqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsqgzclyzlmgz92vcdt6v284xlrctug54tfs0dvj8nw8csqf2y00yuzysxpv9s last week. He has the clearest model of how this happens. The best critics (him included) blame monopoly, network effects, and weak antitrust. They’re describing the symptoms perfectly—and still missing the root cause. It’s the money. Fiat debasement turns high time preference into the only rational strategy. New essay: https://shawnyeager.com/extraction-is-rational

Excellent piece by Rob at nostr:nprofile1qqs9mus73mq3ug08kug2cltvj3p8gpawd85n5l70p59rach6cn7usjcpp4mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7tcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7mlnsyp on the awkward but exhilarating stage Bitcoin adoption is in. https://open.substack.com/pub/bitcoinpark/p/sunday-summary-nov30

gm, good people. ☕