121 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: Lightning Prediction Market MVP - delphi.market bitcoin
Permissionless innovators are heroes to me.
What comes to my mind when I look up to people and want to tell them how much I admire them: I am always afraid I am going to alienate them. And they are probably getting so much admiration already, so they don't care about one more person. They might actually get annoyed at some point. Smile for the camera, shake hands, thank you, thank you ... (oof, that must be hell for a person which isn't very social)
So rather than telling them how much I admire them, I would ask them how much they annoy all this admiration. Try to empathize with them. Understand how it must be in their shoes. Ask very good questions and so on ...
So my hero might actually remember me lol
(between all these other random people, probably going for a hug because they can't control themselves and don't realize they are actually complete strangers to this person.)
So what do I want to say with this?
Just that I don't think I am a hero and people telling me I am just makes me feel alienated / strange to some degree :)
But don't worry, it's okay, just wanted to explain my view on this better :)
And it also does feel nice that people think I am doing a good job, that's definitely out of question. But that's just not the full picture.
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I'll lay off the personal praise, then, and make my point more abstract. Sorry, that's probably the best I can do.
The systems of control that are destroying vast amounts of prosperity rely on voluntary compliance. People are so afraid of running afoul of the regime that they don't take any chances. They self-censor and they stifle their own innovations. Incomprehensible amounts of foregone value are the cost of waiting for permission.
That's why I am a huge advocate for those who provide value to others without seeking regime permission to do so. To me people who behave this way are heroes of civilization, even if their contributions don't feel that significant to themselves.
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ohh, i see :) "then" i fully agree.
but as mentioned, i can understand why you're saying these things and i do appreciate it! but sometimes, it just feels like that's not what I need (for the reasons explained above). but definitely no need to be sorry!
my "master plan" is to just write the best code possible and document it so well that anyone can run it
and then i should be able to just say: i just wrote some code and released it to the public .... but i am not the one running it. i think about these t-shirts a lot, from the era where (strong) encryption was still classified as ammunition, until DJB showed the US gov how ridiculous that is:
but maybe that won't work because corruption or making an example out of me or something totally different, idk. then i'll go to prison anyway xD
but yes, at least I tried :) and tried to fight them with their own weapons (the legal system).
i believe the tornado cash guy also did run the code? need to look this up later ...
when @nemo is back, i would be very interested in his opinion on this topic :)
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