I'll say it again. Proof-of-work is a field of study and almost nobody is studying it. Read #softwar
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At least on Nostr nobody cares...
Sorry, this sounds ambiguous and dismissive. I agree with you. It is a pretty interesting subject, but nobody seems to care about it in the Nostr ecosystem.
There are some people! It'll grow with time. Lots of people have shown interest in nostr:nprofile1qqs8a474cw4lqmapcq8hr7res4nknar2ey34fsffk0k42cjsdyn7yqqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7gzjcuq's audiobook of softwar
Hiding in plain sight is a power projection tactic š
The annoying thing about that book is where he butchers the natural world analogies he uses to support his thesis. If heās winging it on those and not even bothering to get the nuances those right, then I canāt take him seriously on his real shit. Itās such an unforced error, ironically due to a lack of work.
Interesting. What's an example of this from the book?
Been awhile so i canāt remember exactly, but it was related to the āeverything in nature is a war of eat or be eatenā when thatās a gross oversimplification that overlooks all the cooperative/symbiotic and other contrarian examples in nature. The oversimplification of the natural world dynamics to fit the power projection thesis annoyed me at the time, but Iād have to do work to give a better critique and Iām too lazy to go back and read that part again š
He talked about symbiotic relationships in nature too
The natural analogies merely serve to illuminate the concept of benefit to cost ratio of attack and how abstractions remove cost of attack and lead to ruin. By adding that cost back, the natural order can be restored.
In fact, the more contradictory it is, while still adhering to that law, the more durable the thesis becomes.
Wouldnt Lowery argue war is the field
I think he would see it as the study of bitcoin. I don't think Lowery sees a distinction between bitcoin and proof of work, but it exists.