Online chess players -- if Chess.com/ lichess introduce KYC requirements in order to play will you bend the knee? It would be great to see a chess playing community developing around a Nostr app but I worry it would never get the network effect to have a decent pool of players with a wide ELO range like chess.com has. #chess
コメントありがとうございます。貞観政要のこと初めて知りました。勉強になりました。🙇 日本にはとりあえず強いリーダーが必要な気がします。日本のTrump版が選ばれますかね。。。Trump自身こそが有能では全くないけど、有能の人を集めて、適材適所にするのが得意だと私は思います。
I think there are many Japanese individuals like yourself who educate themselves about English, the world, and information technology. The regular Japanese is hardworking, smart, resourceful, honest, and creative. The failure is with the LDP and Japan Inc. The elites in Japan seem to think they graduate Todai and live happily ever after. I see a lot of arrogance among the elite classes who are shielded from much of the decay of Japanese society and seem blissfully unaware of the threats. Dealing with the government and corporate Japan and their antiquated, proprietary, and insecure IT systems is a daily frustration. Tourists are a menace and lower the quality of life for all living in Japan. But corporate Japan doesn't make things foreigners want to buy anymore so this is the only way we can earn dollars to buy our food and energy security. The one thing we have is a peaceful, stable society, but if we import millions of young men from the third world can we not expect the same kind of problems experienced by the Europeans?
How it feels living in Japan rn
Actually it was this one https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO89126970T00C25A6EE9000/
I think it was this one https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUB20A7J0Q5A220C2000000/
Are you ever in Japan Laser? Me and a few guys here are thinking of arranging a small event to discuss this topic. Specifically to MSTRs/Saylor's role in the monetary reset and the shifting global order.
Was due to report on it again this week but we had to cut it for time. Discussions are being reported in the Nikkei and looks like we'll get 20% next year. There will be a give and take but their focus seems to be on regulating the exchanges around insider trading and disclosure so it's very "Web3" focussed which is revealing of how out of touch the Japanese regulators still are. Fingers crossed there is no nonsense like restrictions on self custody or else registering public keys with the authorities etc.
民主主義なんかどこも神話にすぎない。どこの国でも結局のところ既得権益に支配されているだけ。。と私は思います。そして、それがごく自然なことだと思うし、民主主義の芝居をそろそろしなくてもいい時期じゃないかとも思います。皆民主主義に対する信仰失ってるし、うんざりしてるし。。。というのは自分だけじゃないような気がします。。。
I think it has to do with the brain slowing down. If that's true, I wonder if those with higher IQ live subjectively longer lives?
How's life Brad-san?
Absolutely. Where did this idea that "God is love" and "all you need is love" come from? I'm guessing Liberal Christianity and the "Social Gospel". Even if you only read the New Testament it's clear that the consequences of sin are dire. And general revelation in nature shows us the world is brutal. Thank God for salvation through faith in Christ alone. And completely underserved to boot. Eternal life and salvation as a free gift! Loving to the elect for sure, but for those not called by grace.... well that is humbling and awe inspiring to consider....
Do you think the answer is Christian Nationalism? I think there needs to be an Anglican church that is the state religion of the USA and UK. (It can be ruled by the Bishops in Washington if you like). They will be responsible for anointing God's representative on Earth which will be the King of England and the US President. There will be freedom of religion to an extent but only protestant Christians will be able to hold high office. Also, non Christians will need to pay additional taxes. Thinking about it I also think only Christian land holding male head of households should get the vote.
Catholics, Mormans, Jehovah's Witnesses will not count as Christians, of course.
It's a LARP to even think about really since I don't see how it can ever happen, but I do think it would be the best possible way forward for both the US and the UK if it could, by some miracle.
The reality is incentives mean that essentially someone has to pay top talent in order to have them take the hit on engagement and post here exclusively. It's like how chess.com became king by paying all the GMs to play there. And since Nostr is just a protocol it means a VC backed app project like Primal would need to do that. But then, since they have no moat in terms of the network it makes little sense to do that. So then maybe Primal would need to look at top talent posting exclusively to Primal's relay or something. And, voila, we've reinvented centralized social media. But without those financial incentives how can we expect content creators to come and post here exclusively? And without moats and ROI how can we expect capital to fund it? Like with Bitcoin, the model needs to work in alignment with human incentives. So, greed has to equal good.
I think that would be fine, actually. Nostr is just like HTTP or TCP/IP. It's just the plumbing. Maybe it will make a better web. I think it will because the public/private key pair and natural fit with Bitcoin help solve the problems of identity and also online micropayments. But the reality is, like with TCP/IP, the apps that make the biggest mainstream impact will be the ones who can make a moat and exploit their user base for maximum profit. So we can expect to see exclusive relays or at the very least proprietary elements in apps which make them sticky. You just can't be pouring millions into a project which someone down the street can then use to bootstrap a competitive service. This is the same reason Coinkite had to make its Coldcard licensing commercially restrictive. The reality of human incentives means that a utopian vision will never and can never be realized. Never.