This episode might be the most interesting take on end-to-end encryption I've heard yet: as an enforcer of "charisma neutrality", which likens to something like net neutrality, but against demagoguery
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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.
Do you have a particular interest in promoting charisma neutrality?
Because it sounds sort of like what I call cultural viscosity (or lack thereof)
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Yeah does sound similar. I think my position is viscosity is here for good and at least we can try to not let one party monopolize the capability to drive viscous dynamics.
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