A concept I’ve thought about for years: a “free market of ideas”
What does this mean?
The way the free market is supposed to work is: a good product is purchased while a bad product is not. No regulation. Simply supply and demand.
A free market of ideas, perpetuated by the freedom of speech, does the same thing: good ideas flourish, bad ideas die.
If you think is an idea is bad, rather than censoring it, engage it head on and prove it wrong so as to cut off its “supply”. Oftentimes, censorship of an idea makes it seem more appealing to those who consider “why” an idea was censored to begin with. Even if it is truly wrong, it gets a cult following…because why else would “the powers that be” not want you believing it?
Nostr could be the agent for such a free market of ideas just as the Internet was and is. Nostr cannot be censored, therefore allowing all ideas the chance to be engaged with.
It’s all about being mature enough as a human race to engage with each other rather than devolving into immediate hatred of the “other”.
NextGenFuturist /
npub1aq…20tyw
2023-06-16 23:54:37
Author Public Key
npub1aqg7sue8d0k7t5pe6zyjgtlrmhj93p6657zsnvda9sj92n7yjusqt20tywPublished at
2023-06-16 23:54:37Event JSON
{
"id": "a75dd5e57bbbb5a9d6fbe93d1fb81c8c4afe5bbe8d7e3816a2b69f2da0fb8e86",
"pubkey": "e811e873276bede5d039d089242fe3dde458875aa78509b1bd2c24554fc49720",
"created_at": 1686959677,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [],
"content": "A concept I’ve thought about for years: a “free market of ideas”\n\nWhat does this mean?\n\nThe way the free market is supposed to work is: a good product is purchased while a bad product is not. No regulation. Simply supply and demand.\n\nA free market of ideas, perpetuated by the freedom of speech, does the same thing: good ideas flourish, bad ideas die. \n\nIf you think is an idea is bad, rather than censoring it, engage it head on and prove it wrong so as to cut off its “supply”. Oftentimes, censorship of an idea makes it seem more appealing to those who consider “why” an idea was censored to begin with. Even if it is truly wrong, it gets a cult following…because why else would “the powers that be” not want you believing it?\n\nNostr could be the agent for such a free market of ideas just as the Internet was and is. Nostr cannot be censored, therefore allowing all ideas the chance to be engaged with.\n\nIt’s all about being mature enough as a human race to engage with each other rather than devolving into immediate hatred of the “other”.",
"sig": "2d5120808384f6c31597ab4eb4c6c48560d58a5c471f9c11c904c452afb96e203da99370302701cfff487a942db9a93804bcb94e0c105183fd55d32998348368"
}