thinking about the function of law in the field between materiality and language
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Last Notes npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody The SEC would have to get on nostr, and then get its nostr account hacked before announcing, before it can approve. Those are the rules. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Classic NFT cycle—Come in for community and miss out on generational wealth due to irony poisoning. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Likewise! Glad to see nostr hasn’t been devoid of rizz in my absence 🤙 npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody I see where you’re coming from—but I think the problem is that too much gets lost in the gap between people’s inherent conception of rights and the reasons why those rights should or should not be infringed. Even if it’s the case nothing is owed to explain why a right should exist, there has to be an articulable reason why it shouldn’t be taken away if there’s a belief that doing so is necessary for some higher-order reason (e.g., national security). My fear is that when lawmakers go into the chasm to learn about crypto, they leave without having anything concrete to assuage these higher-order concerns. E.g., if a politician goes in to learn about crypto with the belief it can be used to fund terrorism, but is willing to be persuaded otherwise, it is going to be tough to move their position when most of the readily-accessible knowledge base they can draw from is comprised of middling statements like “it’s not that widespread,” or “it’s not as bad as banking.” I’m not saying they can’t also weigh those alongside the other positive benefits crypto can offer, but that those benefits are easier to dismiss or devalue in the absence of other positions that directly clash with the specific issue—especially one where the consequences under consideration (e.g. terrorism) are taken so seriously by those in government. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody @npub164q…2rl3 - Should have tagged you in this too. Just got back to Nostr after listening. Thanks for the great and thoughtful content! npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Don’t disagree with your sentiment. One general problem I see in the counter-messaging to Warren’s bill/views (and others like it) is too much emphasis on the principles behind crypto, and not enough on the reality of what can be done to address the bill’s concerns. Government tries to solve problems (real or imaginary) that it believes (rightly, wrongly, or duplicitously) the public is incapable of solving itself. I want to see more messaging and discussion that is literally as direct as possible—e.g. “How Bitcoin stops terrorist financing” or “Why crypto is a better alternative to eliminate terrorist financing than the government and big banks.” Even the Blockchain Association’s November 15 letter to the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee was lukewarm—only stating that proposed regulations would be “counter productive” to national security interests with a citation to a single WSJ letter to the editor from a different crypto lobbyist that effectively said “blockchains are public, so terrorists don’t like using them.” True or not, it’s too abstract. Legislators that barely know how to use google need to be persuaded by offensive messaging and education that is tangible, which means discussing and demonstrating the utility of solutions to the problem they’re confronting. It’s against these concrete backdrops that the more ethereal appeals to freedom, equality, etc., can be contextualized—and against which the government’s alternatives can be evaluated. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody @npub1hyq…k7cp - Just listened to The Progressive Bitcoiner episode you were on. Your discussion of meme culture made me think of this other podcast episode you might find interesting: https://theculturejournalist.substack.com/p/checkpoints-ruby-justice-thelot-third-spaces TLDL: The podcast presents Ruby Justice Thelot’s case study on how communicative “third spaces” can exist on internet platforms (in this case, tens of thousands of YouTube comments accumulating over almost a decade under a video for the soundtrack to Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest)—and some of the challenges censorship or centralized platforms may pose to those structures. It dovetails into a discussion of what that means for the “Balkanization & Babelification of the Internet,” which is just a more academic way of saying “how online echo chambers are created.” I find it to be a pretty compelling anecdote for thinking through the value of things like censorship-resistance, accessibility, and the role of media and platforms generally. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody U2 DID THE BALLOONS npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Those could work, but if the poll gets to be something like 300+ different users it's a bit unwieldy to go through. Although if there is a way to aggregate that data on the backend somehow it would be more feasible. I probably need to do more research about how the replies are stored and accessed outside of Damus and Astral npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Here's a bit of a meta question for those out there on nostr who are more savvy than me: What would be the best way to conduct a poll on nostr without having to worry about creating a massive reply chain? Thought about using some sort of "1 sat payment = vote yes / 2 sat payment = vote no," but that seems a bit hectic. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody I think CR makes a lot of sense for the initial gathering just because that's the biggest gravity well we can harness from the outset to launch the conference into a sustainable and replicable model. But definitely think rotating is a good idea after. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody #[1] - You should read The Fragility of Things by William Connolly npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody My biggest pet peeve about searching is that iOS leaves that little “search” back button in the top-left when you’re using the app. Pixel space is precious. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody HFT's current stage is a point on a really interesting through-line of how systems align themselves to push information exchange to its limits. We've gone from shouting hawkers bartering in open-air markets to skyscrapers filled with floors of traders shouting into phones to 5 quants doing math in a basement server room. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody I heard some alpha there's gonna be an airdrop too 👀 npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody nostr NFT bull market! npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Just sent now what lol npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Was looking to finally register an NIP-05 address but saw that #[0] was already taken. Not surprising given I was the later Cody to game. Luckily they seem pretty chill. When I checked the account and hit "follow" I got instant nostalgia for early-days Facebook when you'd just add random people who had the same name as you. So, hey Cody! npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Thanks both! I'll check each of these out. I've had a tendency to come at this sort of stuff from what I guess I'd say is a more speculative point of view, but I think we're seeing complexity getting directly injected into people's realities at a time that's faster and more palpable now than I've ever felt before (not that I've been around that long...). Hence the ask -- I've been looking to dig even further into more "rigorously analytical" approaches like the ones you've each cited. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Who/what have you been reading that you’ve found to be the most interesting fuel to keep propelling you down the rabbit hole? npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody It can have beefy nodes to scale, but it can also follow (and should follow) a rhizomatic distribution to scale. Decentralization in communication doesn’t necessarily need to create some monolithic way for information to be immediately apparent to everyone, everywhere—it just needs to make sure that the value behind the information can be reliably distributed and accessed with as little friction as possible. If the tendency of that process is toward including beefier nodes, then it’s probably an indication that, at this point in history, more centralized nodules within the network are just an inherent part of the decentralization process. But history also shows us that we tend toward decentralization as technology reduces the barriers to processing and transmitting information. So while there might be some nodes/systems that play a more centralized role now, if the trend towards innovating more connective frameworks like nostr continues, the importance of any one node to the network will continue to diminish. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody That’s amazing! I assume you’re a doctor? npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody I sent this post through astral.ninja and it showed up on Damus instantly. My Notes App doesn’t even synch that fast 🤯 npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Nvm I'm dumb. Figured it out. Love the UI. Glad this post will stick around... npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Ah so maybe a noob question - but am I unable to import this account (made private key through Alby then linked to nostr through astral.ninja) to Damus? npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody I was just able to download and install the beta about 30 seconds ago. Had TestFlight already installed and then just requested access by going to damus.io on my iPhone browser. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Can we use you to help identify potentially offensive content or abusive behavior on nostr? npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody It's a tough time for a lot of projects right now 😞 But ideally better infrastructure will allow these ideas to scale so I think it's definitely still something to keep thinking about! npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody I got one too. Makes me remember the good old days when we just had the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to worry about. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody #[0] please summarize the bitcoin whitepaper npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody This is very cool - and props to them for taking a project like this on. It's not an easy problem to solve, especially with the L1s that are dominant out there right now. I think having extensive composability that can truly trace rights ownership and asset usage requires designing layered systems that can account for something (like an audio file) from the most atomic level possible through creation to end-use. It's hard to create that architecture unless you can plot out how each piece of the structure interacts with each other. It's one of the reasons I like new L1s like Sui -- its programming language centers composability, which allows for the network to scale in a more ordered way from the beginning. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Something like TBD/Tidal integration to allow for efficient purchase/sale/distribution of music samples/audio rights? Identity is at the root of royalties. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody 🤙 npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody So now we're at the endgame and all the land on earth/the moon/mars has been transformed, and the only un-transformed acreage capable of supporting human life is 2 billion lightyears away on Planet 281AC. No one will let the tenant onto their acreage for free because the tenant always smells bad and needs to shower constantly. All the rockets on earth are owned by the Musk family. The tenant would love to build their own, but unfortunately all the materials needed to do so are on other peoples' lands. Either the Musk family lets the tenant use a rocket, or people pitch in to get the tenant the resources needed to make one. In either scenario the tenant's ability to escape coercion is dependent on others, but self-ownership means no one has to help the tenant out. It's not clear why they would help the tenant out either. It's much cheaper and easier to just let the tenant work to stay on your land (where they can shower) than it is to build a starship, and so the feudal model remains. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Makes sense, I don't think it should be an issue either because obviously nostr is just the delivery mechanism for the invoice and not where funds transfer, but the fact Apple is trying to take 30% of gas fees paid through a Coinbase wallet always has me concerned about in-app purchase mission creep. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Any concern about Apple trying to restrict invoicing for SATs over nostr through Damus (I missed the beta by two days so not sure how it works in the app)? Not saying they're in-app purchases, but I was curious given its earlier attempt at getting coinbase to pay up for gas fees. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody In that case "Orange Pilled by Proxy" will be the name of my band. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Fascinating indeed - I'm pretty familiar with a lot of the history and processes, I'm just eternally non-comital. I think one of the coolest things about living during this new wave of "industrial revolutionizing" is the ability to literally watch it be built, and help build it, in real time. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Can't wait - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers sure weren't going to be the ones to do it! npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Tbh I joined nostr because I'm interested in the idea and tech behind it, not because I'm a bitcoiner (not an anti-bitcoiner either). I don't even own any SATS lol. Not sure if that's a helpful data point, but from the outside I didn't think of it as a bitcoin social network. npub1hhnmlmx6ttcwpjglfrsnglfa0tpczgr26mk5vzl9kwqs9h3sdhkq9fwm0z cody Happy to be the Leroy Jenkins of nostr if you ever need one.