Well, for example, I have some knowledge about chia, which uses a unique “nakamato” consensus mechanism to solve the Byzantine general’s dilemma. Obviously btc uses proof-of-work and many know about proof-of-stake and its centralization problems but chia (xch) uses proof-of-space-time. Now I’m not saying it’s without problems nor do I recommend it to anyone. But it is very interesting to me from an engineering and efficiency standpoint.

A maxi attitude precludes people from learning and just creates more echo chambers in which we can all lazily have our biases confirmed.

I reject that approach to critical thinking and learning.