I've just released the Corgi specs out of compassion for everyone who's struggled to make decentralized social media a reality, because frankly I've worked up the courage to describe my vision in specs, and lastly to try and apply wisdom, not just what I can bring but, the amazing wisdom of the crowd which is of course really about those you out there who are experts in your respective fields.

GitHub

GitHub - corgips/specs: Corgi Spec Garden

Corgi Spec Garden. Contribute to corgips/specs development by creating an account on GitHub.

One of the ideas I'm excited about is type schemas. In the spec garden there'll be a place to publish json schemas for every event type which will be versioned right along with the specs. I imagine this will make generating code so much easier.

Gm 🤙

Inspired me to try more brushes in Procreate and then frustrated with that, actual oil painting.

Sat down yesterday to write a page about wisdom for Nostr and this is what came out April 24th, 2024 - Wisdom, Competition and Success Nostr is a strangely wise place. It's good because it helps us appreciate what we have while sharing collective insights about the future. For example we know Nostr is small but that each platform that grows and dies gives us a chance to make it the next big one. Talk to a CEO in their early days and they tend to be idealistic wishing to democratize the net or disrupt finance but time and time again as the numbers grow they get more focused on the bottom line. The money and power displace the ideals. This is one reason we believe decentralization is so important. It places a ceiling on how much power any one entity can amass. The downside of this however is it can extend as a philosophy into everything. No relay should get too big. No client should get too much market share or strong-arm the protocol. In this way romance for freedom and decentralization can majorly slow us down. We know our principles around open source software, resiliency of decentralization and the freedom to tinker. We'll always have those. It's important however to be mindful that competition to create the next dominant platform is fierce. The wise path is to rally around what's working best today.

What I don't understand is if the Agents can take away Neo's mouth how come they can't like take away all of the hackers legs when they try to run?

Been watching the Matrix trilogy this week and finding a lot more there than when it first came out. At first I was put off by the humans as batteries thing but once you get past that, the embedded philosophy feels prescient with respect to how digital our lives have become. Always fun to see the red/blue pilling scene as well. Also enjoyed this article tying the story in with other works.

Five Books

Quantum Physics and Reality

The best books for thinking through the complicated relationship between quantum physics and reality, as recommended by science writer Jim Baggott.

#matrix #redpill #bluepill

Been watching the Matrix trilogy this week and finding a lot more there than when it first came out. At first I was put off by the humans as batteries thing but once you get past that, the embedded philosophy feels prescient with respect to how digital our lives have become. Always fun to see the red/blue pilling scene as well.

Thinking about buying a typewriter. Any nostrites been there done that? Writing by hand every day has been amazing so a typewriter feels like a natural next step. #asknostr

The Dan phenomenon is what you get when there's nobody to censor a viral flood. #OnlyDans

Limited speech backpropagates to limited thought. Happy New Year!

To be able to rewire our memories is such a beautiful idea. Maybe it's even possible to rewire our practices to do the thing we know are good but never enjoyed all that much. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/unlocking-the-power-of-our-emotional-memory/