This @breaking_smart episode might be the most interesting take on end-to-end encryption I've heard yet: as an enforcer of "charisma neutrality", which @vgr likens to something like net neutrality, but against demagoguery
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-smart/id1469602012?i=1000452346677 …
https://overcast.fm/+SuMmRmJt8
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If I understand correctly, E2E takes out the group of idiots in the middle, which is the leverage used by demagogues to control the tide of public discourse. Without idiots in the middle, worldviews are shaped by private convo, and thus only organic support for ideas can arise?
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Well you’re conflating the technical man-in-middle of a p2p channel and the middle of the crowd in an open pool medium, but in a way that’s kinda right for both. In the former, idiot-in-middle might archive cleartext insecurely for hackers to steal.
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I've thoroughly enjoyed your podcast, btw. Dense enough to keep my attention and keep my mind from wandering (as is often the case when listening to a podcast while doing something else), but short enough that I don't mind putting everything else down for 10-15 minutes to listen
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