“The Empire State Building was built in 13 months, nearly 100 years ago. Today, you couldn’t get the permit in 13 months.” I heard somebody (Jeff Booth?) point this out on a podcast yesterday. It perfectly summarizes our predicament in the West today.

agree; all those are valid questions

yes

Had a long conversation with this morning. At one point he asked me: given the stagnant user numbers and such weird vibes on Nostr lately, what do we actually have going for us? I think what we have is extremely valuable and hard to reproduce: 1. A protocol that actually enables a self-sovereign Internet 2. A permissionless network of 1000+ active relays 3. An ecosystem of 100s of projects building on Nostr 4. A core set of ride or die users who hold their keys and are not going anywhere Seems like a solid foundation to build on.