Chia storage use is very much on the exponential growth curve right now, and I'm curious when shortages will start being felt in US consumer channels.pic.twitter.com/CBe24IhpJz
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The discovery that this is not possible even in principle was a pivotal moment in human thought. There's a similar (if less lofty) principle at play here. Any interaction between people is irredeemably and ineradicably social, no matter how much code you slather on top of it
The problem with cryptocurrency, though, is that it has that false promise. It seduces people who are exceptionally brilliant but (for whatever reason) uncomfortable with the messiness of social interaction and human institutions in general. And it attracts raging sociopaths.
The usual mantra is that technology is amoral, and we twist it to our human ends, for good or bad. But cryptocurrency is a good candidate for tech that is inherently evil. It's an intellectual island of the Lotus Eaters for smart minds, and you can also do lots of crimes with it
Anyway, keep an eye out for Pinboard FunBuxx! You'll want to get in on the ground floor of this one
The internet-mediated diversion of extremely smart people into dead-end basins of thought like hyperintelligence or cryptocurrency is something I post a lot about on this site, rather than making productive use of my time
Please write an essay about this! Because that's a very interesting story I (as one internet rando) would love to hear more about!
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If you want something shortform: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-godels-incompleteness-theorems-work-20200714/ … otoh, if you want something extremely longform (but still approachable): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24113.G_del_Escher_Bach …
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