Most revolutions come from making things faster

Thread 👇 The Internet is ‘just’ a quicker way to communicate

Google is ‘just’ a quicker way to access knowledge

Smartphones are ‘just’ a quicker way to access a computer

I take it for granted my neighbours can read, think racism is bad, like democracy, trust medicine, don’t believe in witches, etc.

Those truths had to be taught, and in a different time or place, they wouldn’t exist.

https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1370997229201338373

What holds a group of people together is what truths they know and believe.

It’s surprisingly hard to function alongside people who have radically different beliefs from yours.

Of course, that’s what we’re seeing a lot of lately.

Why NFTs are exciting, a 🧵 We’ve never had a digital equivalent to real ownership before. We put funds in banks or domains in registrars, but they’re centrally maintained authorities, i.e. you never own a domain, you just have the right to use someone else’s property