Been thinking a lot of how to spread good ideas without influence, and if it is possible. Influence and coercion seems to be the corrupting power of ideas. Bitcoin is one of the few ideas that subverted influence and grew organically. It seems anonymity is the key. Overcoming our ego to allow ideas to flow without a central influencer could be the key to allowing great ideas to get a head start, then let secondary first adopters spread the message. Sort of like Jesus with his apostles. Books and art also fit into this category because authors put their work out in world and let the market decide their worthiness. A person’s ideas pedaled by them devolves into a cult.
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/ Nicholas Antonopoulos
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