As order deteriorates, power will become the "law of the land" -- s/he who wields it is right regardless of what the law says on paper

That's why it's so important rn to be building tech that throttles the power any one person / company can wield. Higher floors (more sovereignty) and lower ceilings (fewer sovereigns)

I really liked @cassie's framing of crypto as a "passport for the mind" because it betrays what kind of sovereignty tech crypto is

It doesn't let you fight back very well, but it excels at letting you defect. If the going gets tough, one valid option is to just GTFO -- while keeping your money and your identity

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The reason I draw parallels to the hobby computer industry is because the same kind of niche user base exists: people who are willing to put up with super leaky abstractions, exposed wires and rough edges, to make a spreadsheet or draw a circle. Much like Apple's vision of the "bicycle for the mind" of personal computing, crypto needs its own story to tell. And money isn't compelling enough, that's just an application. If you were to distill the unique attributes of crypto, and then amplify that sole distillation into a single message, as what is the ultimate purpose of crypto? You would say that it gives you autonomy, freedom to move, to interact across borders, with a unified store of trust. If personal computers took off because they were the "bicycle for the mind", crypto will take off as the "passport for the mind"

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She don’t miss 

https://farcaster.xyz/cassie/0x5d3a30f3

where did she say this

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This conversation is very interesting. Following @cassie cast and yours, does “passport of the mind” now highlight the freedom and autonomy crypto can play if its sole purpose is realised?

Because I believe there is a little misunderstanding and power tussle between the context of crypto and sovereignty tech.