“In 1905, Einstein pronounced the doom of continuous or ‘rational’ space, and the way was made clear for Picasso, the Marx brothers, and MAD.” Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, 1964… Tim Bouma Oct 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
nostr Similar to the three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system (x,y,z), #Nostr can be thought of a non-Euclidean cyberspace coordinate system of (n,e) where n is a 32 byte #npub, and e is a 32 byte hash of an event. With (n,e) you can reference and attribute… Tim Bouma Oct 16, 2024, 11:47 AM
“In the decentralized, electrical world, we seek multiplicity, not repeatability. We are dancers in a ballet, not soldiers in a march.” Slightly paraphrased from Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media (1964).… Tim Bouma Oct 15, 2024, 1:14 PM
This is so true. Also true with central banking, where Walter Bagehot admitted as such, that central banking was a less stable alternative to the private banking system. Managing short-term volatility at the expense of long-term stability. Now that banks have adopted ‘inflation-fighting’ as their primary mission, Tim Bouma Oct 15, 2024, 12:42 PM
“Where the whole man is involved, there is no work. Work begins with the division of labour and the specialization of functions and tasks in sedentary, agricultural communities. In the computer age we are once more totally involved in our roles.” Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, 1964… Tim Bouma Oct 15, 2024, 12:28 PM
nostr Nothing is more trippy than reading Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media (1964) with a working knowledge of the #nostr protocol… Tim Bouma Oct 15, 2024, 12:21 PM
nostr Convenience is the number 1 driver for most users. Convenience is about reducing complexity AND maximizing optionality. Convenience has little to do with security or sovereignty and that’s how the big platforms are winning - convenience and optionality between a limited set of platforms (e.g., Apple vs. Google). The… Tim Bouma Oct 15, 2024, 12:14 PM
