ericfj on Nostr: Agree with your sentiment, yet I also think the fact that people have been free to ...

Agree with your sentiment, yet I also think the fact that people have been free to argue about how this place works is part of the ironic beauty of how it stays functional. It feels chaotic at times… but it’s embedded in the culture to constantly disagree about how things should run. It requires strong consensus and a lot of discourse to make change. It’s designed that way… to prevent unilateral or arbitrary change.

So like, the fact that there exists this cultural/legal outlet here probably amplifies the discourse. But also it’s still where the most innovation seems to happen despite all that headache.

The beautiful part, to me, is that more people here feel entitled to make change (or at least an argument for it) than any other place. Which comes with tradeoffs.