I appreciated last week on AI and oil. Gave me a much better understanding of how it is a wildcard in positive and negative ways, looping back over each other! Thanks
The conversation revolved around bitcoin, and only mentioned one other blockchain currency once in passing. I'd like to better understand Lyn's position on the plethora of blockchain currencies out there vs. bitcoin. Bitcoin is the only proof of work digital currency as far as I know. I don't know how many of them are "open source." Also, there are many "open source" kinds of licensing - Gnu, creative commons, MIT, ATT, Berkeley, etc. We need to hear more about that. As for blockchain servers soaking up energetic excess and waste heat from under-utilized generators, what happens when the fossil world shifts around and those same generators either become over-utilized or under resourced?
Personally, I think that land ownership is going to trump any kind of currency, digital or otherwise, at some point in the future, when people realize they need it to eat. You can't eat gold. You can't eat paper. And you certainly can't eat bits.
Fascism revolves around keeping people isolated from each other and fomenting mutual distrust. You can't act as a group when you're scared that anyone in your social network could be a spy, who will enjoy some personal gain by reporting you as a discontent, and where being reported could cost you your liberty, your livelihood, or even your life.
I appreciated last week on AI and oil. Gave me a much better understanding of how it is a wildcard in positive and negative ways, looping back over each other! Thanks
The conversation revolved around bitcoin, and only mentioned one other blockchain currency once in passing. I'd like to better understand Lyn's position on the plethora of blockchain currencies out there vs. bitcoin. Bitcoin is the only proof of work digital currency as far as I know. I don't know how many of them are "open source." Also, there are many "open source" kinds of licensing - Gnu, creative commons, MIT, ATT, Berkeley, etc. We need to hear more about that. As for blockchain servers soaking up energetic excess and waste heat from under-utilized generators, what happens when the fossil world shifts around and those same generators either become over-utilized or under resourced?
Personally, I think that land ownership is going to trump any kind of currency, digital or otherwise, at some point in the future, when people realize they need it to eat. You can't eat gold. You can't eat paper. And you certainly can't eat bits.
Fascism revolves around keeping people isolated from each other and fomenting mutual distrust. You can't act as a group when you're scared that anyone in your social network could be a spy, who will enjoy some personal gain by reporting you as a discontent, and where being reported could cost you your liberty, your livelihood, or even your life.
Guess what's happening in the US right now.