> For when AT&T, Comcast, TimeWarner, et. al. have succeeded in their plan to make the interweb a toll-road. "Oh, you want your packets to go to reddit.com? That will be $0.00015/per."
> It's really difficult to build agentic applications on top of Bitcoin.
That's because brain power is being corralled around entities that seek to maintain their control as toll keepers of financial transactions. They have to modernize and they must do it through centralized blockchains to maintain their control.
Low interest environments exist because liquidity is growing in the financial system. As that liquidity escapes into the consumer system, which it always does, it causes inflation.
I don't use E2E encryption to evade my government. I use E2E encryption to protect myself from criminals and malicious actors. Oh, government == malicious actors ??
Membership organizations - country clubs, professional associations, alumni networks, charitable boards
Personal introductions and referrals - being introduced through mutual acquaintances
Cultural and civic participation - involvement in local institutions, community organizations, religious groups