#05: Prompt & Pray w/ Paul

"What should the next iteration of the internet look like?" In this dialogue: Paul and his awesome nostr t-shirt Are we all just nostalgic? Where did the optimism of computing and the information superhighway go? We went from interop to pay-to-unlock. Do we have to live in the digital gulags forever? Homecooked meals and homecooked apps Paper straws and the downfall of Western Civilization "You need to be okay with people getting rekt" If the car would be introduced today, it would be illegal Bravery and personal responsibility "nostr will only be what diehards will build it to be" Bad teleology is built into the current (non-nostr) app landscape "You can get a lot of the upside without holding your own keys” “...but you can't get ALL of the upside!" Expressiveness and free speech online Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly, and Financial Freedom in Cyberspace Self-publishing vs platform publishing Information calories. Can we count them? Don't make me think! Is not being forced to think part of the problem? Mutiny & bitcoin UX that's too easy Games and costly mistakes The early days: software distribution via print magazines Prompting allows you to define your own teleology Vibe coding and Cursor "The hard part is to figure out what you want." "What should the next iteration of the internet look like?" GenZ doesn't know shit about files and folders Why files are great Gigi's SyncThing & Standard Notes setup File-based apps like Smart AudioBook Player Reading apps like Pocket, Instapaper, and Readwise Reader Saving all the things & linking stuff together Clips of podcasts and videos, e.g. Fountain A Commonplace Book to cyberspace Creating a "Family Bible" app If you want to maximize profits in the attention economy, you have to get users addicted (Zaps potentially fix this, as you wouldn’t zap a car crash) Let computers do computer work, let humans be humans "The end is not being on the computer" Solo private / group private / public Liberal vs Conservative sentiment in social environments Whom to care about? Web of trust & our understanding of it Forgiveness, Trust, and Repeat Games Tit-for-tat and forgiving tit-for-tat Three strikes and you're out! "Choose your gulag" is the alternative to nostr 7-generation thinking 2140 The Sovereign Individual is embedded in a social structure, always I, Pencil Jungle vs Civilization Fiat = because I said so (“Fiat Lux” - Let there be light) Do we need leaders in bitcoin? Peterson Fallacy / God vs Bitcoin Jesus early followers were the Followers of The Way Zaps are not payments Zaps are not "tips" Bitstein & Pierre: The Reorg Vervaeke: “Where do you go for wisdom?” Rough consensus and Pieter Wuille "There is no such thing as a leaderless system" Wisdom in cyberspace Can we build wise tools? Prompting the Bible, ChristGPT, and Bible Slop Gell-Mann amnesia effect Vervaekes AI argument: The Coming Thresholds and The Path We Must Take Where do new ideas come from? Sandwich prompting style (HLDD / LLDD) The Tale of John Henry Silicon Sages Conscience and The Muse Hypermedia and HyperNote Glassholes, Google Glasses, and wearable technology Prompting & Praying for An Internet Worth Having Books mentioned: The Bible I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read Don't make me think! by Steve Krug The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg Recorded at 887,644.