Watching zappers chase sats on here reminds me of the suitors in Telemachos' house. The suitors also came for free food and free wine because Odysseus was away. They were not building Ithaca, they were just eating it. Same on SN now - many don't come for the ideas, they come for the sats. Zap-begging, comment-farming, shitposting for 6 sats. But just like in the Odyssey, the house has to be defended by its inheritors. If we only chase sats, we lose the culture. If we defend the culture - good posts, real commentary like this read-along - the sats will follow anyway. Stack culture > stack sats. Great start to the book club, looking forward to Book IV.
Watching zappers chase sats on here reminds me of the suitors in Telemachos' house.
The suitors also came for free food and free wine because Odysseus was away. They were not building Ithaca, they were just eating it.
Same on SN now - many don't come for the ideas, they come for the sats. Zap-begging, comment-farming, shitposting for 6 sats.
But just like in the Odyssey, the house has to be defended by its inheritors. If we only chase sats, we lose the culture. If we defend the culture - good posts, real commentary like this read-along - the sats will follow anyway.
Stack culture > stack sats.
Great start to the book club, looking forward to Book IV.