Subnostr

Have you ever read Emergence by Steven Johnson?

It’s an overlooked book that I read 20 years ago.

It explains how a small set of simple rules can give rise to vastly complex higher order systems.

It’s a super important concept because people always underestimate the impact of small changes to the foundational rule set.

Bitcoin is such a change. It will take time to propagate, but as things are turned over, destroyed and rebuilt again, Bitcoin will become more and more prominent and the higher order complexities that are the economy will fundamentally change.

The Conscious Contrarian 2y ago

I gave not read it, but will check it out. Do you remember what technologies he uses as an example? Or is it more conceptual?

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Komi_Hartman 2y ago

BTC is "transsubstantiation". Hash power coupled with energy to get a valuable transformation: seigneurial is decentralized, since it’s the fastest "miners" who solve a digital challenge & get remuneration (Sats-hodl)!

Analogy: "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks".

Casuistry: "It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches ." Luke 13:19.

The Conscious Contrarian 2y ago

I like that parallel. Do you have any resources to explore that idea further?