• iByteABit@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    I think the technology itself has great potential, though capitalism using it for the worst reasons imaginable and making it as inefficient as physically possible will never show us the true potential of this technology.

    Under different social structures, it could possibly be a pretty great foundation for new kinds of monetary systems

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      It is inherently less useful than cash and basic electronic monetary transactions.

      Progress is measured by what something does rather than why it could do.

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        Much of historical research was seemingly useless for a very long time until some progress in unrelated fields enabled them to suddenly become very useful. I prefer to be open minded about technology, not tying it to the way its used by the current time and political system we are living in