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Gwern's Algernon Argument is relevant here: https://www.gwern.net/Drug-heuristics Logically, it's likely there must be trade-offs for higher IQs or it would have been selected for …

This problem could be fixed with less regulation, not more. Without intellectual property there would be far more diversity and choice.

No, other people are unilaterally making up rules and applying them to me. I would happily live in a society without IP, but am not permitted to do so. Those who support IP demand …

There is no other method to allow local control over publishing identity combined with a coherent view of a decentralized network.

Many people didn't want to send email in the 1990s either. A blockchain is the only technology that allows a simultaneously decentralized and coherent view of what exists on a netw…

More than 25,000 YouTubers now publish to the LBRY protocol, with more coming over every day, for reasons just like this. The total reach of these creators is more than 400,000,000…

A blockchain retains a complete, coherent, censorship-resistant listing of what's available on a network in a way that local or federated key-pairs can not. There is no search all …

LBRY is the best YouTube alternative because it is the only one that fundamentally changes social video in a way that YouTube cannot copy. LBRY uses a public blockchain to allow cr…

Specifically interested in the web, but open to more general guides.

> There is no amount of money that can be paid to someone where there is non-zero risk of dying or having long-lasting damages to your brain, heart or lungs This is trivially false…

Robin Hanson has a been a strong proponent of this idea. If you're curious about this subject, this post is a must read: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2020/03/variolation-may-cut-c…

However you feel about this, Twitter did it in pretty much the worst way possible. 1. They had someone with a clear history of strong anti-Trump and anti-Republican sentiment take …

If you think the idea of trusting giant social media corporations with the levers to control our speech is outrageous, so does everyone working on LBRY. We are working hard to desi…

Yes yes yes. I am saving this comment I can quote it again in the future. The development of any number of now widely accepted truths went through periods where they were viewed in…

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A s(c|p)ammer is attempting to defraud our thousands of our users via Facebook. The attacker creates duplicate company pages and then shares public photos from people who like our …

If anyone is interested in the intersection of Web 3.0 and Creator Monetization, you might like LBRY. The core idea of LBRY is to make YouTube-like experiences possible without Goo…

> So your business model is built on the presumption of possessing an inviolable license to simulate the likeness of others? No. It's based on people desiring a publishing platform…

Thank you sergio! lbry.tech is the best resource to learn about what LBRY is from a technical perspective.

I agree with pc86 on the ethical issues. On the pragmatic ones: - If the lawsuits ever become unbearable we can always choose to simply stop existing. One beautiful part of LBRY is…

CEO of LBRY here. These videos are welcome on LBRY. We'll have to get a real (i.e. not me commenting on HN) legal opinion should we get a take down request, but prima facie I don't…