Democracy likewise is a state transition system at scale that attempts to keep approved participants below the threshold of violence.
Nowhere does it say participants should be happy with the outcome. Only that they consent to lose.
Chris
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Possibilitarian, plebian and student of Permaculture in der Umwelt kwa Kalahari Bushveld, Botswana
Markets are conversations that maximise the possibility of a peaceful settlement between beings.
Nowhere in market logic does it say each side should be happy. Only that they settle.
When you meet a Politician address them as Citizen. And remind them of their humanity.
Regulate the regulators.
X is a trash fire that rages more ferociously than a Tesla dealership
There’s nothing more satisfying that telling a story that resonates with all sides in a debate
Welp X Spaces is completely unworkable on my setup. Nothing but bugs so going to look in to Nostr Nest
The colonised web is nothing but paddocks and it will take a while for the livestock to shepherd themselves out in to the open ended extensible expanse.
I am trying out a Space on Twitter on the AI Conversation and it's relationship to Bitcoin and evolution of Technological Objects
https://x.com/i/spaces/1vOxwXBnDEdKB
Technological objects exist outside or your interactions with them.
These are the aliens you share everything with. Your gadgets, your fancy laptops.
They know your secrets. More than you know about yourself.
No wonder the Nation State wanted to recruit them as spies.
As technology advances, many devices and platforms are designed to maximize engagement, leading to addictive behaviors that steal time and reduce human agency. We risk becoming like automata, passively responding to external systems rather than exercising conscious, reflective decision-making. #TechAddiction #neomania


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Politicians never ask for help unless it’s your vote - maybe. Yet they face insurmountable challenges.
Doesn’t seem very human to me.
Teaching bitcoin since 2013 has made me realise:
Democratisation isn't simply a mechanical transfer of power from a sovereign or central authority down to the population. Rather, it's also an internal, ethical, and psychological shift that emerges from within individuals and communities.
And it is a painful evolution of cognitive and moral reasoning.
The blockchain may be surrounded but it’s but it’s pre-political voluntary jurisdiction is yet to be colonised.
Remember we’re living in the era of
unmerited status elevation,
unjust enrichment
with misdirected anger
and misplaced trust.
GM
*Written by AI*