Five on Nostr: The "Who should rule" conundrum is a red herring, one that devastated entire ...

The "Who should rule" conundrum is a red herring, one that devastated entire civilizations. It just leads to bad philosophy ruining the very means of human progress.

The better question is "How should we remove bad rulers?" That is, we need to focus on error correction rather than chasing perfect social choice theories.

Mistakes are inevitable. But we can progress nonetheless by upholding a culture of criticism.

This culture must be embedded in freedom technology, otherwise the means of error correction are bound to be co-opted by some ruling class.

Nostr and bitcoin are the foundations we can build on. Focus on how freedom can actually be realized: technology that empowers the individual, step by step, meeting people where they are but striving to take them further gradually. Freedom-tech goes hand in hand with reality. That is why it is winning.

Ask the right questions, don't get dragged down by red herrings.

The future looks bright. Problems are soluble, and with proof of work we will get there.

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