Maybe this is the reason why I and other people find #nostr energising : here does exist "critical hope" when it seems that everywhere else only remains cynicism. I never watched the show cited in the article but I did use to believe that progress (towards freedom for all, peace, etc.) was inevitable. Then came delusion with darkened perspectives for the future. And I was never really involved in social media before I discovered nostr protocol. Here people are very critical, yet building things. Here people have revolutionary tools with nostr and bitcoin. Here I find people who keep trying and give me hope in the future again. Thank you all for being here. 🙏 https://www.theindex.media/p/the-west-wing-and-the-death-of-belief

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Or patriotism

I agree. The question behind it is: who is behind regulations? Who is throwing huge budget in regulatory lobbying?

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Mylar is plastic, right?

LinkedIn have started to ask that too (not compulsory yet though)...

Yeah... I just read how Meta pushed hatred content over calls for peace : https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240921-big-techs-complicity-in-genocide-the-unforgivable-silence-of-online-platforms/

I aknowledge that I have not been totally honest here so far. I had been trying to find my place on nostr, but only showing one facett of myself. You know, the good one, the strong, positive and well thought out one. Of course it is of limited interest to anyone. Who want to talk with semi people? And what does it bring to me? The truth is, I am strong. And I am weak too. I worked my ass off for ten years trying to promote fairness and transparency in finance, with very moderate success, buying in the startup fashion. Then, two and a half years ago, my doctor diagnosed me with "burnout". Or more precisely, asthenia and anxiety. Following the birth of my first child, we had just moved to the countryside, and I had decided to take care of the construction work of our old house myself. We were expecting our second child. Additionaly, my work with my company was buried with a shitload of stupid bureaucratic issues. It had become too much. What once seemed like everything is possible had become excessively challenging. Since then it's been quite a journey: becoming dad a second time, succeeding in selling my company, living in a work-sometimes-in-progress house, dealing with high variations of energy that turn the planning of anything into nothing but a bet. I am currently a divided person working on (re)uniting myself. One part of me is only love, faith and trust in the process. The other part is struggling with day to day life with significantly decreased cognitive capacities (especially memory and focus). But all of this is good. This is my path. I am in a place where I have to and get to say "no" to more things. All these nos leading to the big yes of me. Strangely, the spirit on nostr is helping me with all of it. Thank you all. So I am slowly but surely going all in for freedom, consciousness, privacy, transparency, nature, spirituality, open source, decentralisation, sovereignty, sharing... Everything is connected anyway. I will mostly share about spirituality, nature, falling and healing on this account: and about my more material projects and involvements here. Very pleased to meet you. (re) #introduction #introductions

Leaving big (proprietary) tech is indeed acting for peace. #nostr #palestine https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240921-big-techs-complicity-in-genocide-the-unforgivable-silence-of-online-platforms/

In that case, I can add: Churches are in charge of religion but they want you divided. Choose taking care of your soul.

I would say one that has no way to connect to the Internet and let you play with code/programming, with no apps. First time I think about it though...

Just to say: I stand with the Global Sumud Flotilla. Freedom for everyone. Freedom for the people in Gaza. I wish I could zap them. #freepalestine #freegaza #globalsumudflotilla It's right there: https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

Doesn't capitalism support this system? I have a hard time imagining how the biggest corporations would not set up a form of government to secure their monopoly beyond a certain point of concentration. It makes me realise that before capitalism, feodalism could be seen as a form of capitalism, main capital asset being the land, concentration leading to kingdoms, then empires again...

Aka when over-capitalization kills free market

Isn't that an effect of capitalism when trusts ultimately dominate the world?

I had a hard time discovering that too 😅 Also you can double tap to choose the amount and join a message 😉