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defensive acceleration

"Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can't get privacy unless we all do, we're going to write it. We know that software can't be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can't be shut down."

www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html
There's so many downstream effects of how terribly govs handled covid. I bought a CO2 meter and my parents think I’m crazy since I’m not high risk & can’t wrap their heads around the fact I just don’t want to get sick. I don’t blame them #thanksobama #dacc
there’s a moral imperative for /dacc to match other forms of technological acceleration

https://x.com/paultoo/status/1750316380220780795?s=46
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Where we're going /dacc will be critically needed.

Highly recommend reading this if you haven't already.

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html
d/acc day at Devcon!

D/aDDy @vitalik.eth kicking it off with a map of all the d/acc ideas and concepts ✨
When @vitalik.eth says zk might have a bigger impact than blockchains he’s talking about products like these

This is so cool I’m kinda in shock lol

@july I’m so excited preordering as soon as I get home
Feeling uninspired by the state of your country's politics?

Let me tell you about a small internet movement called d/acc

The internet is just 40 years old, and society's still catching up

It's mission is to accelerating offensive tech like AI's infinite knowledge, life extension, and human machine interfaces

While also accelerating defensive tech like blockchains, cryptography, decentralized systems, and cybersecurity

Goal → To build a future of prosperity for all, putting individuals above institutions
Part of what it means to build on permissionless and credibly neutral infrastructure is recognizing that projects that don’t share your values are inevitable.
Ethereum, Plurality, Network States

Three movements that inspire me. They want to use the internet to create prosperity & health on a global scale like never before

They begin with the premise that the internet has changed the world, connecting everyone in milliseconds. Given that, how can we rebuild societies?
Ethereum, Plurality, Network States

Three movements that inspire me

They begin with the premise that the internet has fundamentally changed the world, connecting everyone in milliseconds

Given that, how can we rebuild societies so that we all thrive and cooperate?
Working on a project where I have to do a lot of cold outreach, so I’m offering to sign a message to prove my identity. Remember, we all have signing keys, cryptography is a powerful tool for verifying identities

Men lie, women lie, cryptography doesn’t

Etherscan makes it easy: etherscan.io/verifySig/258173
I'm just playing with the meme, but after hearing Audrey and Glen it's hard not to be inspired by their vision. However, the same can also be said about Balaji. Both movements excite me. They start with the idea that we now live in a world where technology can inform and coordinate us better, but also divide us

The network state movement sees technology as a way to exit current structures and unite those who agree on its positive uses, creating new societies

Plurality takes a different approach, aiming to use technology to unite existing populations by highlighting our similarities and surfacing more agreed upon information

I'm excited about both movements and their potential to create a more united future, so we can focus on improving lives globally without getting distracted by social issues
"Cryptography is truly special in the twenty-first century because cryptography is one of the very few fields where adversarial conflict continues to heavily favor the defender." - VB
“AI safety is about agents with IQ 150 trying to control agents with IQ 6,000, whereas cryptoeconomics is about agents with IQ 5 trying to control agents with IQ 150—problems that are certainly different, but the similarities are not to be scoffed at." - VB
“AI safety is about agents with IQ 150 trying to control agents with IQ 6,000, whereas cryptoeconomics is about agents with IQ 5 trying to control agents with IQ 150—problems that are certainly different, but the similarities are not to be scoffed at." - VB
Could Tailscale be considered d/acc adjacent?
Vitalik on 80k discussing d/acc and other things, some super interesting snippets in here
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/vitalik-buterin-techno-optimism/
Zuck is /dacc

Talks about infosec and biosec in latest pod
@emostaque resigning from Stability AI is great news for /dacc
Does the ability of cheap destructive drones to take out larger more expensive military equipment & vehicles move the world in a more d/acc direction?