Bitcoin Tech Talk #332
Interesting Stuff
Discipline »> Motivation - A nice article on how looking for motivation is the exact wrong way to get something done. Looking for motivation to do something is a form of wishful thinking, that if somehow, some genie could make you feel like doing something that it would be easy. All things worth doing require some level of doing something you don’t like and the degree to which you look for wishful thinking solutions is the degree to which you’re immature.
Attention Economy of Science - Science hasn’t made much progress because the incentives for scientists are awful. There are many incentives to exaggerate and few incentives to course correct. The impression that I got from the article is that the most “successful” scientists in the current system are the ones that are the best at marketing themselves. That sounds to me like what politicians do, not scientists, and unsurprisingly, politics seems to have taken over much of science. I don’t think the author has thought much about fiat money and its role in centralizing funding and requiring satisfaction of the money printers rather than the truth.
They Hate Cars - An article on the ever shrinking engine of cars and how they’re getting more and more regulated, perhaps even to extinction. It reads a bit conspiratorially, but you have to admit that there is a “greening” of the car industry that has little to do with efficiency. Sadly, the car manufacturers are centralized entities and fairly easy to regulate. Hence, why cars continue to get more expensive. Regulatory inflation is real and it is regressive for civilization.
What I'm up to
Nostr - I swear, this thing is interfering with my life. Every time I think about it, I keep wanting to build something new to take advantage of its lack of central controller. My thought right now is that relays may end up like gmail, where a decentralized protocol gets captured by a centralized entity that dresses it up with nice UI and convenience. That said, there’s so much to like about the fact that the network you build on there is really yours! After I finish my book, I’m going to have to build something with this thing.
Lightning Conference Vietnam - I will be speaking at LightningCon Vietnam on March 23-24. This should be an interesting conference as there hasn’t been a Lightning conference in this region of the world. Tickets are very reasonably priced and it should be a fun time.
Dubai and Chennai - I’ll be in Dubai this week and will have a meetup with some Bitcoiners on Tuesday 2/21. If you’re in the area and want an invite, please reply to this email. I’m going to South India after that. I’m not sure if there’s a big Bitcoin scene there, but if you have recommendations, I would love to hear them!
Tweet of the Week
This may have to get renamed Nostr Note of the Week.
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