Is it just bizarre coincidence that radically decentralized and radically centralized visions of the future emerged at almost the same time
The first commit in https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr/commits/master appeared on Dec 30, 2021
Elon Musk purchased Twitter on Oct 27, 2022
I like Elon very much on a personal level and I agree with nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx that centralized corporate tech presents a huge danger to freedom
Elon frequently cites Iain M. Banks sci-fi novels on a space-faring civilization called The Culture
Planets in The Culture universe are run by benign but hugely powerful AI entities
In effect they act as on-demand personal assistants via a carried / worn device, only intervening to prevent serious accidents / injury
In those planets there is no resource scarcity, no wars and no social dysfunction. In real life there is often a tradeoff between peace and freedom.
X is developing AI, maybe one day X will be run by AI
One interesting fact is that governments are playing a secondary role in this competition between decentralized and centralized solutions
It shows that technology has already significantly limited the power/relevance of government
Governments will insert themselves into both sides as they don't like that at all :)
