Moloch = the increasingly preeminent mindset of zero-sum or an obsession with a specific prize, that you’re willing to sacrifice your values for.

Liv Boeree is doing a great job describing this ancient idea and applying it to our modern time and I think it’s worth bringing this to #nostr because it is relevant to so many of our core ideas here.

The example she gives is that of the beauty games on social media: Especially young women increasingly prostituting themselves

or manipulating their appearance to look that little bit better and get a few more likes. Many seem to win in the short term but almost everyone loses in the long run.

I would argue that the foundation of the increasingly molochy society we live in, is Fiat money.