The average person is so far behind on personal sovereignty it often feels hopeless. 😮‍💨😔

It’s a lot of work to be responsible and fully sovereign. I’m barely down the rabbit hole to be honest.

Yeah same. I grow a fraction of my calories and don't have a well so I'm struggling on that front. For my digital life I try to self host as much as I can but certain things like email are a pain no matter what you do. It's certainly a journey. I wonder what it will take for the average person to even find out about nostr.

Bro. I grow 0% of my calories. You’re doing just fine. I don’t have enough space for hosting anything. I have cold storage bitcoin and some miners. That’s it. You’re killing it. I’m larping. People are way too conditioned to outsource their thinking and behaviors. It may never happen for most people. I’m pessimistic today lol

You can flash a mini PC with start9 and start with your documents and pictures using NextCloud and Immich. Then work your way up slowly. But yeah I hear you. Hard to have hope some days. Well, a series of massive AI cyberattacks might kick people's spirits into overdrive 😂😮‍💨 It feels more and more like that's coming one of these days with the speed it's advancing.

I flashed a couple of my old PCs but they had little storage so I couldn’t run a node with a lightning node and all the things I wanted to run on either of them. I eventually gave up on the project but they do have enough storage for small things like pictures and documents so I could revisit it! But yeah I’d imagine something really crazy would have to happen for people to actually do something about their data. They’d still want someone else to do it because most people don’t understand how to set it up or manage backups/recover them. Ideally, that’s what the division of labor is for but big tech and all their data harvesting makes it riskier than it needs to be.

I understand. Yeah the incentives are definitely to just let someone else handle it. I just don't think they know how all of their data being sold is going to turn out in an age of AI. The average person doesn't seem to think much about their privacy or control. Random example. What is to stop a law enforcement agency from working with ring to freeze the current frame on your cameras, turn off motion detection, walk into your house, and either plant evidence or seize your possessions? The more you imagine these possible hypotheticals, the more you realize how imperative sovereignty and privacy are.

I think people assume it’s a losing game. So they rationalize with “well I have nothing to hide!” Which is often true but it’s the principle of choice that matters. Things will get worse before they get any better.

You hit the nail on the head. Everyone has something they want private though. But most people never have any severe consequences from using 3rd party services since the data brokers aren't revealing their private data to someone they know, yet.

Exactly. It’s perfectly fine for most people… until it’s not.