Re: [GNU/consensus] ZCash vs Taler

[hellekin]

On 09/05/2016 05:18 PM, carlo von lynX wrote:
>
> vs. taler/gnunet/secushare/liquiddemocracy technology
>

You shouldn't put them all in the same bag: liquiddemocracy is a time
sync that requires professional users to keep an eye on things for
others. I can't imagine one second such an approach will work that
promotes a unique ('rational'?) interface to political issues through
written language with no human interaction. It's the kind of technology
that takes the problem on its head, requiring more human attention and
less live interaction. I'd rather not use any technology at all than
waste my time on such a system. Requiring it to participate in
legislation sounds exclusive to me. Politics can and should be made
human-to-human, not running away with the machine. There's a huge
non-verbal dimension in human communication that is not captured by this
system. We already know what a statistical perspective on politics is
able to bring to the world. We don't need more autistic politicians.

> 
> Blockchain people
>

Not the same bag either. Some blockchains can be useful in some contexts.

Since we know about the quantum, we don't live anymore in an either/or
world. Sustaining that vision is retrograde and harmful.

> 
> Developing an ethical consciousness of technology can be a
> part of growing up, unless you are already enjoying the 
> forbidden fruit of Ayn Rand's fallacious ideology and now
> need an excuse to legitimize your egocentricity.
> 

Indeed.

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hk