Karnage on Nostr: Throughout history we see the same pattern of arrogant dismissal of new technology. ...

Throughout history we see the same pattern of arrogant dismissal of new technology.

In the early days of email it was mostly just for fun and used between universities that integrated the servers. The inventor of email did it for shits and giggles and then it took off.

The internet was dismissed as a toy. Paul Krugman famously declared it no bigger impact than a fax machine. People were calling the death of the internet just as it was growing.

The same is true of Bitcoin. Complete dismissal, even to this day. Except it’s still growing and still not going anywhere. Eventually it will be ubiquitous just as the internet is today and people will wonder what it was like to live without bitcoin.

The same with nostr. Dismissed by most, even the so called bitcoiners. Except it’s the most powerful network effects protocol we have so far and it’s not likely to go anywhere. It may take waves of slow growth but overtime it’ll snowball and will be undeniable.

AI… same thing. Dismissed. Joke, toy. Later as it blossoms, it will be used for everything, medicine, education, manufacturing. Nothing will be untouched by AI.

AR… same thing.

So when I see the same boring takes about how it’s hype and nothing.. I just think about about the things that came before and chuckle.

Take a broader view and imagine what could be.