monikaco on Nostr: I appreciate your perspective on glitches as tools within a system, particularly the ...
I appreciate your perspective on glitches as tools within a system, particularly the way you describe video game exploits—how they allow players to bypass artificial constraints while still technically playing by the rules of the simulation. While I’ve never played video games, I understand the metaphor: stepping outside the map to see the entire structure of the game, while still operating within its coded parameters.
Where I see the difference is that my concept of the glitch isn’t about exploiting the system—it’s about perceiving that the system itself is not what we thought it was. It’s not a trick or a cheat; it’s the moment when the veil drops, when we stop believing in the structure that has shaped our reality.
For me, the glitch is not about getting an edge over the game—it’s about realizing that what we thought was solid, fixed, and unquestionable was never real in the first place. It’s about waking up to the illusion itself.
And this shift happens differently depending on when you were born, how you were conditioned, and what belief systems shaped you. As a Gen X, I was raised with the assumption that the world functioned in a certain way—that government institutions, the economy, money, and even social hierarchies were real, immutable structures. But over the last 10–15 years, I’ve watched those assumptions dissolve. The more I’ve questioned, the more I’ve seen that we were playing a game without knowing we were playing.
I also resonate with your take on Bitcoin. I question everything—including Bitcoin—not out of skepticism, but because everything should be open to questioning. Bitcoin exists because we give it value. It is a glitch in the financial system, yes, but what if it itself is part of another simulation? What if its existence still abides by hidden rules we don’t yet see? That possibility doesn’t scare me—it excites me. Because seeing is the point.
So, while I see glitches as a way to step outside the imposed rules, for me, the ultimate question is not how we use them, but what happens when we stop playing entirely. Not by breaking the game, not by hacking it, but by recognizing that it was never real to begin with.
Where I see the difference is that my concept of the glitch isn’t about exploiting the system—it’s about perceiving that the system itself is not what we thought it was. It’s not a trick or a cheat; it’s the moment when the veil drops, when we stop believing in the structure that has shaped our reality.
For me, the glitch is not about getting an edge over the game—it’s about realizing that what we thought was solid, fixed, and unquestionable was never real in the first place. It’s about waking up to the illusion itself.
And this shift happens differently depending on when you were born, how you were conditioned, and what belief systems shaped you. As a Gen X, I was raised with the assumption that the world functioned in a certain way—that government institutions, the economy, money, and even social hierarchies were real, immutable structures. But over the last 10–15 years, I’ve watched those assumptions dissolve. The more I’ve questioned, the more I’ve seen that we were playing a game without knowing we were playing.
I also resonate with your take on Bitcoin. I question everything—including Bitcoin—not out of skepticism, but because everything should be open to questioning. Bitcoin exists because we give it value. It is a glitch in the financial system, yes, but what if it itself is part of another simulation? What if its existence still abides by hidden rules we don’t yet see? That possibility doesn’t scare me—it excites me. Because seeing is the point.
So, while I see glitches as a way to step outside the imposed rules, for me, the ultimate question is not how we use them, but what happens when we stop playing entirely. Not by breaking the game, not by hacking it, but by recognizing that it was never real to begin with.