I'm inclined to believe it's some of all of those causes, and they are interrelated. But what can we *do* about this?
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One path is to focus more on the newer and smaller sub-movements, that are more opinionated about their values. The "regen finance" movement in ethereum (big credit to and now , arguably too) is one great example.
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Another example might be the ethereum identity space ( + ENS + POAPs + maybe soon SBTs).
These smaller spaces can help create new optimistic visions for the future *and* create something that people can be part of without also being part of the financialized cruft.
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But we also have to keep the peace between the big groups, and navigate the reality that many of these movements really do contain, in their worst versions, threats to each other's visions of a bright future for humanity.
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One thing is that I think people working in any of the "big movements" should more actively think about offering olive branches: how can you make what you're building 10% more palatable to the other side?
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BTW I strongly agree with the sentiment.
Like, even selfishly speaking, a nuclear bunker could stop a nuke from killing me directly, but it can't stop the nuclear war from destroying the scientific ecosystem that I'm counting on to cure aging before I succumb to it in ~60 years.
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I guess the conclusion is, peacekeeping and cooperation-seeking needs to be an explicit effort rather than peace being an assumed default.
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There's an element of "we compete where we must" (eg. if your happy sunshine movement advocates making financial privacy globally illegal, then sorry but I will fight you), but I think the room for cooperation, and for cross-tribal appreciation, is larger than many people think.
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I concluded a few years ago that this does not need explaining. Divergence is the natural human condition. It is periods of convergence that are anomalous and require explanation. I call this philosophy divergentism.
It is not among my more popular ideas.
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Do you think there was something specific about the 00s that made it (as far as I can tell) a temporarily more convergent era?
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I don't know that I agree about that. There was early internet idealism in the air, and 9/11 created a new geopolitical synch point after a decade of post-cold-ware unraveling. But there are no real precedents to compare to since cheap global connectivity was a historical first.
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