I am not an anti-vaxxer. I am against government mandates. You are making a grave error if you are calling me an anti-vaxxer. It's lazy thinking.
That being said, there are valid concerns to be had when it comes to this vaccine. More and more doctors, virologists, and biologists are speaking out about this. Listen to JRE 1747, for example. However, these are not my main concerns.
My main concern is that we are sleepwalking into a form of authoritarianism that will be virtually impossible to dismantle. Once established, there is no escape. No possibility to break free.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
Most people are sleeping on Podcasting 2.0 and how the frictionless, direct payments of Bitcoin's lightning network are revolutionizing the Internet's monetization model.
A thread. 🧵👇
Yes, it's still early. Yes, it's still a bit cumbersome to set up. Yes, there are still plenty of improvements to be made. However, streaming payments DO work TODAY.
Anyone can receive sats in return for bits and bytes - without an intermediary.
Thanks to the tireless work of @adamcurry and the people behind @podcastindex, we now have an open specification that can be implemented by everyone. We also have a frictionless model that truly works: The value4value.io model.
I get #value4value payments every single day. It's still a trickle, but with each passing day I am more convinced that value4value is the right model for monetizing bits and bytes.