Among the things Nostr has going for it - it did not emerge from Silicon Valley and nor is it tied to SV in a binding way. Which is exciting for several reasons, but the biggest as this article points out is that there is a dearth of innovation emerging from Silicon Valley and the US in general. https://www.garbageday.email/p/american-digital-backwater
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‘Because American tech monopolies have essentially been unable to come up with anything new for over a decade. And because they can’t, they’ve settled on a two-prong approach for managing their twilight years: lock in users with AI services and pressure legislators for an American version of China’s Great Firewall.’