God, State, Network.
Theism, Statism, Numism.
Numism, or the study of coins, puts a third Leviathan at the center of it all. The most powerful force in the world is considered to be neither god, nor the US military, but encryption.
sotonye.substack.com/p/if-einstein-…
Theism, Statism, Numism.
Numism, or the study of coins, puts a third Leviathan at the center of it all. The most powerful force in the world is considered to be neither god, nor the US military, but encryption.
sotonye.substack.com/p/if-einstein-…
This is another cut on what @RichardHanania has observed.
There’s a pre-literate group focused on video, on the real world.
There’s a literate group focused on words, on an imagined world.
And then there’s a computer literate group focused on code, a constructed world.
There’s a pre-literate group focused on video, on the real world.
There’s a literate group focused on words, on an imagined world.
And then there’s a computer literate group focused on code, a constructed world.
https://twitter.com/richardhanania/status/1455139108972466182
You can cut these as past, present, and future respectively. People who pay at least lip service to God, people who worship the State, and people who focus on the Network.
Breaking out that third category may be key — as it’s global, and differs in key ways from the others.
Breaking out that third category may be key — as it’s global, and differs in key ways from the others.
See also @slatestarcodex. The main observation is that the Grey Tribe sets the Network as its Leviathan. slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-c…
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