nostr If I were to draw a parallel: the #nostr conception of a signed event is a fundamental innovation that can flatten the existing digital infrastructures that are build on capture and exclusion. The phonetic alphabet- easy to learn within hours, provides infinite possibilities of expression. Similarly, signed events with kinds… Tim Bouma Oct 13, 2024, 11:41 AM
Reading Marshall McLuhan - floored by the insight that the invention of the phonetic alphabet was the cultural and technological steamroller for Western Civilization- flattening everything in its way, amplified by the wheel, papyrus, and eventually, electricity.… Tim Bouma Oct 13, 2024, 11:24 AM
"Tribal cultures cannot entertain the possibility of the individual or of the separate citizen" Marshall McLuhan… Tim Bouma Oct 12, 2024, 1:02 PM
