Came across some interesting non-technical and philosophical posts on the cryptography mailing list and I was up all night reading them.

The cypherpunks are truly something else in terms of training and education. They read Magna Carta and the Federalist Papers, then get together to discuss how they can enforce such ideas with strong cryptography.

Also found some great great articles from the mid 1990s about how they hoped the internet would weaken the governments and bring about liberation through information. That didn't go so well, look at the events from the last 3 years and the Tik Tok generation.

Anyway, I feel like an idiot whenever I compare myself to some average 1994 Usenet commentator. Sometimes I think that I wouldn't have anything interesting to add.

But I'm happy that I'm still learning and broadening my knowledge beyond the usual echo chamber and news cycle.