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How is the on/offramp handled? That’s always been the biggest pain point of crypto from my perspective.

i just picked up an edition of “The Evolution of Cooperation” that has a foreword by richard dawkins. was cool to see his take, from writing the selfish gene, on axelrod’s contribu…

> democratic governance rather than ownership yes and no, i’d call the distinction collective ownership. you can sell your shares (by quitting), or you can stay and participate dem…

the problem with comparing these things by their ticket prices is that markets don’t consider externalities. making and fueling a plane might allow me to sell tickets cheaper than …

I would support patents that could only ever belong to the actual inventor.

> "Enshittification" describes the process by which something becomes degraded or corrupted. I feel like many get this wrong, it’s not just “when things get worse”, the term was co…

this is what i’m thinking. HTTP itself only overtook Gopher when it was released into the public domain, to compete with Gopher’s proprietary licensing.

that’s incredibly silly

signed, thank you for posting!

public means public, if something is paid for by tax money, it should be licensed for public use

exactly, the only reason to hire someone is because you’re making money off their work.

I appreciate this reply - you’re right direct democracy is inefficient, and that our governments aren’t exactly a model of efficiency either. that being said, and I think you agree…

good point. why did all these countries become democracies in the first place? we should revert to autocracy /s

i agree companies shouldn’t have political sway, but why shouldn’t the place you spend so much time and effort for be democratically governed? what’s the argument that government s…

well, only if you ignore the court rulings by the ICJ

> your corporate job isn’t a democracy why not? shouldn’t it be?