Tim Bouma on Nostr: If I were to draw a parallel: the #nostr conception of a signed event is a ...
If I were to draw a parallel: the #nostr conception of a signed event is a fundamental innovation that can flatten the existing digital infrastructures that are build on capture and exclusion.
The phonetic alphabet- easy to learn within hours, provides infinite possibilities of expression. Similarly, signed events with kinds provides the ability to create an infinite amount of apps and architectures that work together.
The phonetic alphabet solved the problem of efficient communication at scale.
Signed events solves the problem of authentic coordination at scale.
Don’t underestimate the implications of this fundamental innovation of signed events.
The phonetic alphabet- easy to learn within hours, provides infinite possibilities of expression. Similarly, signed events with kinds provides the ability to create an infinite amount of apps and architectures that work together.
The phonetic alphabet solved the problem of efficient communication at scale.
Signed events solves the problem of authentic coordination at scale.
Don’t underestimate the implications of this fundamental innovation of signed events.
quoting note1le7…gmj0Reading Marshall McLuhan - floored by the insight that the invention of the phonetic alphabet was the cultural and technological steamroller for Western Civilization- flattening everything in its way, amplified by the wheel, papyrus, and eventually, electricity.