Only someone with humility would see this. To be relatively big in a network they don’t control rather than totally dominant in a smaller network they do control, is a nonstarter for many of them.
We would need the equivalent of Marcus Aurelius as a social media CEO to get this.
I think he just fundamentally doesn't understand all this, including bitcoin.
Then, the smarter you are the bigger your blind spots.
unrelated, but:
is any current/recent state-head anywhere close to the caliber of Marcus Aurelius?
Who was the most recent {state,industry}-head to have that kind of self-awareness/introspection?
Probably have to go back to Abraham Lincoln as a US state leadership example, but also lead during a challenging time.
aurelius' final act is what he should be judged on. He was a good head of state up until then. He should not to be remembered as a good head of state.
The most recent:
nostr is already collecting the little lost tribes from the censorship of the last decade like nostr:npub1wg6u23gjc2y33fxukr284fy8p8lw7hztu30gtat89nwy4x3j4pcsh0xxwc, one by one nostr will reunite all the split and disaffected communities till nostr is the main platform but with unstoppable speech for all
The dream.
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There seems little purpose to be in a system that can be controlled.
