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"What should the next iteration of the internet look like?" 

In this dialogue:

• Paul and his awesome nostr t-shirt
• Are we all just nostalgic?
• Where did the optimism of computing and the information superhighway go?
• We went from interop to pay-to-unlock.
• Do we have to live in the digital gulags forever?
• Homecooked meals and homecooked apps
• Paper straws and the downfall of Western Civilization
• "You need to be okay with people getting rekt"
• If the car would be introduced today, it would be illegal
• Bravery and personal responsibility
• "nostr will only be what diehards will build it to be"
• Bad teleology is built into the current (non-nostr) app landscape 
• "You can get a lot of the upside without holding your own keys”
• “...but you can't get ALL of the upside!"
• Expressiveness and free speech online 
• Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly, and Financial Freedom in Cyberspace 
• Self-publishing vs platform publishing 
• Information calories. Can we count them? 
• Don't make me think! 
• Is not being forced to think part of the problem? 
• Mutiny & bitcoin UX that's too easy 
• Games and costly mistakes 
• The early days: software distribution via print magazines 
• Prompting allows you to define your own teleology 
• Vibe coding and Cursor 
• "The hard part is to figure out what you want." 
• "What should the next iteration of the internet look like?" 
• GenZ doesn't know shit about files and folders
• Why files are great 
• Gigi's SyncThing &

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