Nostr bootstraps off Bitcoin which got wings in the last two years with the maturation of Lightning. It's not going to "beat" the silos but it's big enough that it doesn't matter. We have our cyberspace back now.

Reposition it from freedom tech to ultimate network effects tech. Side of freedom anyone? 🍽️

Could be right about this. Folks assign value based on others having already assigned value (piggy back) 🐷 Then they’ll stay with a bad decision as long as there’s not acute pain (boiling frog) 🐸 I believe we are fighting for our own little slice of sovereignty, paving the way for more to come.

This is most likely the correct answer. We're humans. Humans have an inherent need to be social. Most gravitate to where the largest groups of other humans are located.

We just need the biggest group to be freedom lovers. I think it grows everyday surely View quoted note →

Safety instinct is very strong. It's for the safety of the whole species that "many" will not take any risk lest the existing order go to hell altogether. A "few" will take all the risks on behalf of the whole species. Change instinct among these few is very strong. I think these two sides, along with some others on the spectrum, make the "whole" of human nature. Life is not binary. This is the way nature keeps balance. It's the all out indoctrination engineering (propaganda, advertising, public relations, so-called culture, schools, organized religions etc) of the Establishment that the defensive safety instinct gets momentum. That is, the change instinct is also about safety but this one is offensive safety mechanism. And to counter the indoctrination engineering, we need mass education creating an awareness of freedom, but I remember "propaganda by deed" examples of the 19th century anarchists. Everybody knows action speaks louder than the words. The electronic frontiers of #Bitcoin and #Nostr are indeed pushing the boundaries of freedom. They are the freedom living people. Freedom is their passion, innate nature. The "many" will follow them once the frontlines feels safe.