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It's so lost on me, but I can't stop thinking about Urbit. Its deliberately idiosyncratic design decisions (0 = true, difficult to understand for anyone not technically competent, planets being named such that it's difficult to tell what their galaxy is) means that I don't think it'll ever take over the world, certainly not anytime soon.
But think about what technologies will still exist in 100 years.
- The internet? Most likely. Most large companies on it? Probably not so much.
- Big, established networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum? Yeah. Smaller ones like Monero and Litecoin? Hmm, less of a chance.
- Fundamental protocols like TCP/UDP/IP/HTTP? Probably. Smaller ones like Nostr? There are reasons I'm here, but overall I have my doubts.
- Ubiquitous programming languages like C and JavaScript? Of course, they're everywhere. Smaller ones like Go/Lua/Rust? A few might still be around.
Clearly the more a technology is used, the more likely it is to seem like it'll stick around. If a system is designed to stand the test of time, then that obviously helps. Try extending the time to what will still exist in, say, 200 years. It's a fun thought experiment.
Is Urbit on this list? Ehh, I have no idea, but it seems to have potential. In physics, lots of quantities for electricity need their own specific units because they're so unintuitive, unlike other quantities. Urbit, with its gigantic glossary of terms, is similar in this way.
I don't have a way to end this post, Urbit has just been on my mind recently. It's mesmerising hierarchy much reflects the mind of its creator as a hierarchical thinker, which I find more difficult to grok as a someone on the other end of the thought spectrum.
But think about what technologies will still exist in 100 years.
- The internet? Most likely. Most large companies on it? Probably not so much.
- Big, established networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum? Yeah. Smaller ones like Monero and Litecoin? Hmm, less of a chance.
- Fundamental protocols like TCP/UDP/IP/HTTP? Probably. Smaller ones like Nostr? There are reasons I'm here, but overall I have my doubts.
- Ubiquitous programming languages like C and JavaScript? Of course, they're everywhere. Smaller ones like Go/Lua/Rust? A few might still be around.
Clearly the more a technology is used, the more likely it is to seem like it'll stick around. If a system is designed to stand the test of time, then that obviously helps. Try extending the time to what will still exist in, say, 200 years. It's a fun thought experiment.
Is Urbit on this list? Ehh, I have no idea, but it seems to have potential. In physics, lots of quantities for electricity need their own specific units because they're so unintuitive, unlike other quantities. Urbit, with its gigantic glossary of terms, is similar in this way.
I don't have a way to end this post, Urbit has just been on my mind recently. It's mesmerising hierarchy much reflects the mind of its creator as a hierarchical thinker, which I find more difficult to grok as a someone on the other end of the thought spectrum.