Science is the titanic attempt of the human mind to liberate itself from its cosmic confinement through comprehension.

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world. --Eric Hughes 1993 https://nakamotoinstitute.org/static/docs/cypherpunk-manifesto.txt

Love all, Trust none. --Will Shake, early 21st c., when asked about #nostr

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People in power are trying to force everyone to exist in their increasingly centralized and corrupt power structures. Average person will soon be able to create their own power structures using cryptocurrency. These power structures will be much stronger then those constructed by the elites because there will always be more of us then there are of them. It is basic economics and it is inevitable. --Coin Bureau

Will anyone create a nostr client called Nostromo? @PABLOF7z

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USCSS Nostromo

The USCSS Nostromo (Registration Number: 180924609) was a space vessel owned by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation (The Company) and used as a commerc...

I read a grim report by UNDP digital strategy and their four forcasts what our #future will look like. Quite pessimistic assuming people are mainly selfish, self-centered, non-altruistic. Definately not intelligent and in need to be controlled. Maybe we are, but more probably, someone wishes we are. #Transparency and #sharing are good foundation for stable and bright future. #Nostr and #zapping are good practice examples of these values.

UNDP - Digital Strategy 2022-2025

This new Digital Strategy will guide UNDP in its efforts to support countries to build inclusive, ethical, and sustainable digital societies.

As a #father I started worrying what the #future would look like and what skills my children will need in it. They are surrounded by technology that seems to hypnotize them. And that is fine with us when we have work to do. But being to dependant on what #tech offers doesn't seems right. Their mental skills are still developing. Paper published couple of years ago in #Nature journal showed that human brain is the fastest growing organ until the age of 12, and that is unique to the #humans. This is the window to develop mental skills. Apart from school and upbringing I think 3 skills are essential with rising technology and #AI : 1. Mathematics, 2. Memory, 3. Logics and decision making. They should preform calculation without the help of apps, not look at the phone to recall data, and know how to find resources of information and make a conclusion. They should read all kind of books often, know how to politely speak to people, and be skeptical. Future will show if this is possible to achieve.

H. sapiens differs from animal species by the ability to build tools. These tools add, enhance or replace abilities. We can't fish with our hands or teeth but with the fishing rod, nets, and boats we are outperforming every living creature on 🌎 We have used technology to quicken and increase our material production and mental processes. I (and most of us) have used calculators, notebooks, and apps to replace our mental functions that we do not find always reliable: calculation and storage. It seems there is the point when most of us will be dependant on external tools (besides our brain) for these mental tasks. I see more people (especially younger) using phones for simple calculus and not trying to remember everyday data as we used to in the past. We weren't born with abilities to fish effectively but we have capacity for mathematics and memory. Loosing it and replacing it with artificial tools will be loss for us all. #ai #humans #future

The question is what can we expect from development/rise of AI/singularity? Can we forsee direction of cumulative human mind development, what trend it will be? Will we ('we' as majority) become more dependant or use AI as just another tool. Will humans be left to perform simple tasks as cleaning, chores, hard work while AI is left for novels, poetry and mathematics. Will AI be a dawn of human mind decline? Is AI going to increase the gap between elites and us, who are labeled as modern slaves.