A nice citation in MIRROR.md - असतो मा सद्गमय तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय
The Zen of Reticulum
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Re: The Zen of Reticulum
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
People naturally want to maximize the value they extract from any system. If you hand individuals or groups the internet, they will naturally use it for spam, advertisement, scams, information harvesting, propaganda, etc - because those are what gain them the most. The 'enshittification' if the internet was inevitable the moment it came into existence, and is the result of the decision of its users just as much as an…
We'd probably agree on this: people respond to incentives created by system design. One example that comes to mind is how London's Congestion Charge and how it has changed traffic behavior over the years depending on how the rules change. There is nothing inherent about fast, large-scale, or user-friendly communication that forces spam, scams, or propaganda. Its just that those outcomes emerge when things like engage…
I would argue that it's not the systems of the internet that are the problem. The problem is the other structures (governmental, economic, etc.), which have bad incentives, which leads to using tools like the internet in a negative way. If it wasn't the internet, it would simply be whatever other form of communication was available. But the Internet's enormous speed and reach make it especially susceptible/tempting for those kind of behaviors.
Re: The Zen of Reticulum
#73i see this project more of a high security deployment. a sort of red phone network. in a post apocalypse scenario, we can do open networks on lora, plus at that time, we gonna need text manuals for agro, fabrication etc... essentially survival wikis.
Re: The Zen of Reticulum
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Willing to kill. >Not willing to violate the license of a software package.
Thank you very much! I also feel that the impact of software licensing on violent groups behavior might be low. It is, however, interesting on principle, since it only allows the use by criminals (implicitly), and not by law enforcement. By then making the tool very impractical to use, we can punish bad actors still. (I think there was a honeypot operation to this effect, something with feds making up a "secure encry…
> I think there was a honeypot operation to this effect
I think that's the Anom phones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Trojan_Shield